20th January » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the United Kingdom called British.
26th January » The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cession or cedes.
30th January » A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
9th March » The Supreme Court of the United States called U.S. Supreme Court rules in the 'United States v. The Amistad' case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
30th March » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
4th April » William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and with the shortest term served.
28th June » The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier
18th July » Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, on 18 July.
16th August » U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party (United States) or Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House g
24th September » The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
13th November » James Braid (surgeon) e.g James Braid first sees a demonstration of 'animal magnetism', which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls 'hypnotism'.
Famous Birthdays in 1841
14th January » Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
15th January » Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
24th January » Robert Williams (archer) or Robert Williams, American archer (d. 1914)
25th January » John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sri Lankan-English admiral (d. 1920)
27th January » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910)
28th January » Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
30th January » Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1899)
1st February » Davenport Brothers or William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877)
2nd February » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
15th February » Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian politician, 4th President of Brazil (d. 1913)
18th February » Gergely Luthár, Slovenian-Hungarian author (d. 1925)
25th February » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (d. 1919)
3rd March » John Murray (oceanographer) e.g John Murray, Scottish oceanographer (d. 1914)
7th March » William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded 'The Kansas City Star' (d. 1915)
8th March » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist (d. 1935)
2nd April » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
6th April » Karl Binding, German jurist and author (d. 1920)
13th April » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (d. 1905)
15th April » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram known as Seagram Company Ltd (d. 1919)
10th May » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)
15th May » Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)