names and approximate ages of every household member, and to be administered nationally. June 21 – St. John's College (later Fordham University) is founded in The Bronx, by the Society of Jesus. June 28 – The ballet Giselle is first presented by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris, France. July–September July – Scottish missionary David Livingstone arrives at Kuruman in the Northern Cape, his first posting in Africa. July 5 – Thomas Cook arranges his first railway excursion, in England. July 17 – The first edition of the humorous magazine Punch is published in London. July 18 (Sunday) Emperor Pedro II of Brazil is crowned in Rio de Janeiro. The sixth bishop of Calcutta, Daniel Wilson, and Dr. James Taylor, Civil Surgeon at Dhaka, establish the first modern educational institution on the Indian subcontinent, Dhaka College. July 20 – The Mercantile Agency (ancestor of Dun & Bradstreet) is founded in New York City, by Lewis Tappan. August 11 – Frederick Douglass speaks in front of the Anti-Slavery Convention in Nantucket, Massachusetts. August 16 – U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House, in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. August 20–October 16 – The Niger expedition of 1841 begins sailing up the Niger River by paddle steamers, under the auspices of the British Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and the Civilisation of Africa; it is largely abortive, due to the high incidence of disease among the crews. September 24 – Sarawak is broken away from Brunei, and James Brooke is appointed Rajah. October–December October 10 – First Opium War: Battle of Chinhai – British capture a Chinese garrison. October 13 – First Opium War: British occupy Ningbo. October 16 – Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, by Rev. Thomas Liddell, who carries a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria, and becomes the school's first principal. October 30 – A fire at the Tower of London destroys its Grand Armoury and causes a quarter of a million pounds' worth of damage. November – The settlement of Dallas, Texas, is founded by John Neely Bryan. November 13 – Scottish surgeon James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine in