University. 1824 – The Cimetière du Montparnasse is established in Paris, France. September 1825 – The Lady Margaret Boat Club is founded by 12 members of St John's College, Cambridge. 1825 – The City of Brisbane is founded (see History of Brisbane). 1825 – The United States Postal Service started a dead letter office. February 11, 1826 – University College London is founded, under the name University of London. February 13, 1826 – The American Temperance Society is founded. March 16, 1827 – Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm. 1827 – Egypt: Cairo University School of Medicine is established as the first African medical school in the Middle East. 1827 – J. J. Audubon begins publishing Birds of America. April 11, 1828 – Bahía Blanca is founded. June 1, 1829 – The Philadelphia Inquirer is founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer. October 1, 1829 – South African College inaugurated in Cape Town. 1829 – King's College London is founded under the patronage of King George IV and the prime minister The Duke of Wellington. It will become the third official university in England. 1829 – The Chalmers University of Technology is founded in Gothenburg. Disasters, natural events, and notable mishaps November 20, 1820 After the sinking of the Essex (1799 whaleship) of Nantucket by a whale the survivors were left floating in three small whaleboats. They eventually resorted, by common consent, to cannibalism to allow some to survive. 1820: Mount Rainier erupts over what is today Seattle. February 6, 1822 – Chinese junk Tek Sing sinks in the South China Sea with the loss of around 1600 people on board. May 26, 1822 – 116 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history. 1822 – An earthquake in Chile raises the coastal area. July 15, 1823 – The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome is almost completely destroyed by fire. November 7, 1824 – In the worst flood to date in Saint Petersburg, water rises 421 cm above normal and 200 lose their lives. October 7, 1825 – The Miramichi Fire breaks out in New Brunswick. August, 1826 – The town of Crawford Notch suffers a landslide, killing nine people. Those killed include seven members of the Willey family, after whom Mount Willey is named. 1828