Events
May events
- May – First section of Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales.
July events
- July 26 – The Surrey Iron Railway formally opens throughout, first public railway in England.
Births
June births
- June 10 – Anson P. Morrill, president of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866 and 1873–1875 (d. 1887).
October births
- October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer and steam locomotive builder.
November births
- November 9 – Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863 (d. 1883).