Frederick Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Diplomat and Holder of Estates at Clandeboye, Co. Down, Is Born in Florence

Robert Adamson, who collaborated with D O Hill to produce early portrait photography, born.

Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing became the first Christian to reach Timbuctu, Africa.

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