Person report

★21 Feb 1828
The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

★05 Jun 1832
The June Rebellion, an anti-monarchist uprising, broke out in Paris.

★07 Jul 1834
In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began, fueled by rumors that they were encouraging miscegenation.

★13 Jan 1842
First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, arrived at Jalalabad as the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to evade capture or death.

★22 Oct 1844
Millerites, including future members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were greatly disappointed that Jesus did not return as predicted by American preacher William Miller.

★19 May 1845
Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition departed from Greenhithe, England; 129 men would die on the expedition.

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

★16 Aug 1891
The San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

★11 Sep 1897
Gaki Sherocho was captured by the forces of Emperor of Ethiopia Menelik II, bringing an end to the Kingdom of Kaffa.

★11 Apr 1908
Blücher, the last armored cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy, was launched.

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