You'll find books on inspiration, and web sites for writers. So please look, enjoy and keep writing. Her web site and newsletter both contain information on the Regency Era, and she also hosts several trips a year abroad that center around Georgian, Regency or Victorian London. English idealist philosopher James O'Neill, U.S. actor born in Ireland Henry Sienkiewicz, Polish novelist Deaths F.W. Bessel, German Astronomer Friedrich List, German economist Politics East India Company's forces defeat Sikhs at Ailwal and Sobraon. The Treaty of Lahore ends the First Sikh War.
Revolts break out in Poland.
After failed negotiations, U.S. troops move into Palo Alto and Santa Fe and the U.S. eventually annexes New Mexico. Iowa becomes the 29 th state of the Union, with Des Moines as its capital. Britain receives land north of the parallel on the mainland and also receives Vancouver Island. Cotters are thrown off the land and small farmers are denied their favored status in the English market. Louis Napoleon escapes from the fortress of Ham to London.