The first railway tunnel is built en route between Liverpool and Manchester in England. February 28, 1827 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in United States offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. April 26–May 24, 1827 - The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao makes the first Transatlantic Crossing by steam, from Hellevoetsluis to Paramaribo. July 4, 1829 – George Shillibeer begins operating the first bus service in London. October 8, 1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials. November 30, 1829 – The original Welland Canal opens for a trial run with a ceremony at Port Dalhousie. Culture Literature 1824–1825: The earliest history of American literature by John Neal is published in Blackwood's Magazine Music February 3, 1823 – Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide is first performed. April 13, 1823 – Eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven. May 7, 1824 – One of Beethoven's most notable pieces, his Symphony No. 9, premieres in Vienna. Early July, 1826 – Ludwig van Beethoven puts the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131. 1826 – Ludwig van Beethoven composes the Große Fuge. March 11, 1829 – Felix Mendelssohn performs Bach's St Matthew Passion. April–September – Felix Mendelssohn pays his first visit to Britain. This includes the first London performance of his concert overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream and his trip to Fingal's Cave. Art 1820: Venus de Milo is found on the island of Melos (Milos). Poetry 1820: John Keats completes Ode on Melancholy, one in a series of his famous Odes. 1820: John Clare 13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 publishes Poems Descriptive of Rural life 1820 1826: Felicia Hemans publishes Casabianca, a poem commemorating the sinking of a French ship called the Orient during The Battle of the Nile in 1798. Sports 1823 – William Webb Ellis "invents" Rugby football. August 10, 1826 – The first Cowes Regatta is held on the Isle of Wight in the UK. June 10, 1829 – The Oxford University Boat Club wins the very first boat race. August 10, 1829 – First ascent of Finsteraarhorn, the highest summit of the Bernese Alps. Theatre January 19, 1829 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres in Braunschweig. Fashion During the 1820s in European and European-influenced countries,