1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies
1827 Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes first issue of abolitionist journal
1833 British government demands Falkland islands
1833 Curaçao census 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people & 5,894 slaves
1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
1838 The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
1844 First edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
1846 Yucatan declares independence from México
1847 Michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment
1847 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
1852 Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
1852 The first US public bath opens in New York City NY
1853 The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)
1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies
1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
1861 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
1862 Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)
1862 The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
1863 Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city
1863 Battle of Helena AK
