*[[Jirokichi]] and six other castaways are rescued by an American ship after six months at sea and brought to Honolulu. Though perhaps not the first Japanese to ever travel to [[Hawaii]], this represents the earliest documented instance of which historians today are aware.
*Louis Daguerre invents the ''daguerrotype'' in Paris.
*Louis Daguerre invents the ''daguerrotype'' in Paris.
*Sir John Frederick William Herschel coins the word "[[photography]]."
*Sir John Frederick William Herschel coins the word "[[photography]]."