Event of Interest
Jul 10 Urbain Le Leverrier and John Couch Adams, co-discoverers of Neptune, meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel
- Jul 20 German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
Mormons Arrive at Salt Lake City
Jul 24 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah
- Jul 24 Rotary-type printing press patents received by Richard March Hoe, NYC
- Jul 26 Moses Gerrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride
- Jul 26 The Liberian Declaration of Independence is signed making Liberia a sovereign nation, independent from the American Colonization Society
- Jul 28 Denmark phases out slavery, beginning with all new-born children of enslaved women, the parent-generation is freed the following year [1]
- Jul 29 Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States
- Jul 30 Yucatán Caste War breaks out as Maya forces attack town of Tepich ordering all non-Maya killed in revenge for killings by Governor Méndez. War ends unofficially 1901.
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