Darwin Returns to England
Oct 2 After 5 years at sea Charles Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle
- Oct 12 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY
President Sam Houston
Oct 22 Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas
- Oct 24 Earliest American patent for a phosphorus friction match by Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts
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