Andrew Hallidie introduced the cable car to San Francisco after witnessing a horse and carriage accident.
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English clockmaker Daniel Quare gained the patents for a portable barometer to measure air pressure.
A bomb exploded at the railway station in Bologna, Italy.
The Tower Subway in London became the first underground tube railway to open.
Britain took power over the Indian government.
English sea explorer Henry Hudson reached the Hudson Bay, which was named after him.
