Person report

★27 Mar 1836
At least 425 Texian prisoners of war were executed in the Goliad massacre, under orders from Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna.

★04 Sep 1839
First Opium War: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China.

★08 May 1842
A train derailed and caught fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.

★23 Mar 1848
Scottish settlers on the John Wickliffe, captained by William Cargill, arrived at what is now Port Chalmers in the Otago Region of New Zealand.

★18 Sep 1851
The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.

★09 Jan 1857
A 7.9 Mw earthquake ruptured part of the San Andreas Fault in California.

★04 Sep 1886
After more than 25 years of fighting against the United States Army and the armed forces of Mexico, Geronimo of the Chiricahua Apache surrendered at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.

★11 May 1889
An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort resulted in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.

★04 Nov 1890
London's City and South London Railway between the City of London and Stockwell.

★02 Aug 1897
The Siege of Malakand ended when a relief column was able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial India's North West Frontier Province.

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