James G. Birney of Danville forms the Kentucky Anti-Slavery Society.
The first locomotive west of the Alleghenies begins service from Lexington.
The Kentucky Rifles are organized in nearby Newport to support the Texas fight for independence from Mexico.
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A new Seminole War begins in Florida Territory after Seminole leader Osceola is arrested. He escapes and leads two years of guerilla activity against white settlers in the area.
Congress pays off the national debt, raising the question of how to allocate surplus revenues in the United States.
A poverty-stricken Hans Christian Andersen publishes a volume of his Fairy Tales.