the United States, gives its first performance, in Boston. Date unknown The first full-blooded European native born in New Zealand, Thomas King, is born in the Bay of Islands. The second wave of Amish immigration to North America begins. In the United Kingdom, use of the pillory is limited to punishment for perjury. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack retrospectively recognises statistics for first-class cricket in England from this year. Births January–June January 11 – John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada, Father of Confederation (d. 1891) January 15 – Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann, German photographer (d. 1901) January 16 – Henry Halleck, American general (d. 1872) January 21 – Horace Wells, American dentist, anesthesia pioneer (d. 1848) February 2 – Mathilde Esch, Austrian genre painter (d. 1904) February 3 – Edward James Roye, 5th President of Liberia (d. 1872) February 10 – Constantin Bosianu, 4th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1882) February 15 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (d. 1874) March 9 – David Davis, American politician, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1886) March 11 – Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (d. 1879) March 12 – Louis-Jules Trochu, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896) April 1 Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898) Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880) April 6 – Robert Volkmann, German composer (d. 1883) April 24 – Anthony Trollope, English author (d. 1882) May 11 – Richard Ansdell, English painter, engraver (d. 1885) May 19 - Thomas Thornycroft, English sculptor and engineer (d. 1885) May 27 – Sir Henry Parkes, father of the Australian Federation (d. 1896) June 18 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Bavarian general (d. 1881) June 30 – Wilhelm von Ramming, Austrian general (d. 1876) July–December July 26 – Robert Remak, German embryologist, physiologist and neurologist (d. 1865) August 5 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer, colonial governor (d. 1901) August 16 – Saint John Bosco, Italian priest, educator (d. 1888) August 26 – Bernard Jauréguiberry, French admiral and statesman (d. 1887) October 16 – Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905) October 23 – João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian magistrate, politician (d. 1889) October 31 – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (d. 1897) September 12 – Richard S. Rust, American abolitionist (d. 1906) November 2 – George Boole, English mathematician, philosopher (d. 1864)