Events November 13 – Public meeting in Darlington, England, resolves to promote a Stockton and Darlington Railway. Births April 4 – Robert Pearson Brereton, chief assistant to Isambard Kingdom Brunel who completed many engineering projects after Brunel's death in 1859 (d. 1894) July 22 – J. Gregory Smith, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1866–1872, is born (died 1891) Unknown date births Septimus Norris, steam locomotive designer often credited as the designer of the first 4-6-0 (died 1862) Deaths See also Years in rail transport References