1841 - Naxos ARTS & CULTURE HISTORICAL EVENTS TCHAIKOVSKY’S LIFE 1843 Tchaikovsky aged 3 Music Grieg born; Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream (incidental music); Donizetti Don
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Political and Military History Afghan War ends with surrender to British; Lower and Upper Canada united by Act of Parliament Social History Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are married; Nelson’s Column erected in Trafalgar Square, London; postage stamps introduced by Sir Rowland Hill; end of transportation of English criminals to New South Wales; moves to limit hours of child labour in England and America Science and Technology Darwin Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle; invention of artificial agricultural fertilisersMtx Talbrot; invenrs crpref
