founded by Ureli Corelli Hill, performs its first concert. December 20 – The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is established. Date unknown The Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Tahuata are declared a protectorate of France. The New Zealand seat of government moves from Russell to Auckland. Dzogchen Monastery, in Sichuan, China, is almost completely destroyed by an earthquake. English palaeontologist Richard Owen coins the name Dinosauria, hence the Anglicized dinosaur. Julius von Mayer proposes that work and heat are equivalent. Pickelhaube helmet introduced in the Prussian Army. The Sons of Temperance is founded in New York City. Beecham's Pills (a laxative) is first marketed in Lancashire, England, by Thomas Beecham, forming the basis of the Beecham Group and GSK plc pharmaceutical companies. Founding of: Cumberland University (in Lebanon, Tennessee). Hollins University (in Roanoke, Virginia by Charles Cocke). Villanova University (in Villanova, Pennsylvania by the Augustinian order). Indiana University Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington. Delft University of Technology (in Delft, Netherlands). Births January–June January 11 – William James, American psychologist, philosopher (d. 1910) January 15 – Mary MacKillop, first Australian saint (d. 1909) February 3 – Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881) February 7 – Alexandre Ribot, 46th Prime Minister of France (d. 1923) February 11 Erik Gustaf Boström, 2-Time Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1907) Maria Louise Eve, American author (d. 1900) February 23 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906) February 24 – Arrigo Boito, Italian poet, composer (d. 1918) February 25 – Karl May, German writer (d. 1912) March 2 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer, patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (d. 1914) March 5 – A. Viola Neblett, American activist, suffragist, women's rights pioneer (d. 1897) March 10 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912) March 18 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898) March 25 – Susan Augusta Pike Sanders, American teacher, clubwoman, author; national president of the Woman's Relief Corps (d. 1931) March 26 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (d. 1909) March 30 – John Fiske, American philosopher (d. 1901) April 2 – Dominic Savio, Italian adolescent student of John Bosco (d. 1857) April 17 – Maurice Rouvier, Prime Minister of France (d. 1911) May 4 – Marietta Bones, American suffragist, social reformer, philanthropist (d. 1901) May 7 – Isala Van Diest, Belgian physician (d. 1916) May 8 – Emil Christian