Events May events May – First section of Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales. July events July 26 - The Surrey Iron Railway formally opens throughout, first public railway in England. Births June births June 10 – Anson P. Morrill, president of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866 and 1873–1875 (d. 1887). October births October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer and steam locomotive builder. November births November 9 - Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863 (d. 1883). Deaths References