5-Dec
George Custer (Military Officer)
George Custer (Military Officer)
Adolph Busch (Brewer)
John D. Rockefeller (U.S. Capitalist and founder of Standard Oil)
The first Opium War between China and Great Britain broke out.
The Cherokee Nation united and ratified the constitution at Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolted to secure their freedom while being transported from a port in Havana, Cuba, to sugar plantations in
Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.