Events

Unknown date events

• A wooden railway on Beacon Hill in Boston carried excavations down the hill to clear the land for the State House

Births

December births

• December 10 - Matthias W. Baldwin, American steam locomotive manufacturer (d. 1866).

Unknown date births

• John B. Jervis, Chief mechanical engineer of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad who pioneered the use of the leading truck on steam locomotives (d. 1885).

Deaths

References