colony was 15 days old. 1814 The Battle of Champaubert took place. 1837 The Russian author, Aleksandr Pushkin (Alexander Pushkin; b. 1799), Russian playwright of Boris Godunov , was killed in a duel with his brother-in-law. 1840 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha . 1846 Many