May 21 - The People's Charter is drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding universal suffrage
July 15 - Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the "Divinity School Address" at Harvard University
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy founded
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, De La Création, Essai sur L'Origine et la Progression des Êtres, 1st part
S. D. Poisson, Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matière criminelle et en matière civile
Franz Brentano (January 16)
Henry Adams (February 16)
Ernst Mach (February 18)
Robert Flint (14 March)
Bhaktivinoda Thakur (September 2)
Edwin Abbott Abbott (December 20)
Poul Martin Møller (March 13)
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