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1851

• John C. Calhoun publishes Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States
• Alexandre Dumas fils produces La dame aux camélias (Camille; or, The Fate of a Coquette
• John James Audubon dies
• Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
• The New York Times begins publication
• Mary Shelley dies (February 1)
• Kate Chopin is born (February 8)