Mar 20 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published

Mar 13 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly

Mar 29 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day

Mar 07 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law

Aug 01 SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist

Aug 03 First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths

Aug 20 Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard

Aug 21 Tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes.

Sep 24 A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated

Sep 03 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm

Feb 26 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die

Feb 15 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient

Feb 23 "H M S Birkenhead" sinks off South Africa killing 420 troops

Feb 02 First British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)

Feb 11 First British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)

Apr 17 R Luther discovers asteroid #17 Thetis

Apr 29 First edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published

Apr 01 Second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma.

Apr 19 Calif Historical Society forms

Apr 29 First edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published

Apr 17 Asteroid 17, Thetis discovered

Apr 13 The birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores

Apr 02 A gang of robbers steal 8,000 ounces of gold from the vessel Nelson, anchored off Williamstown, Victoria.

Nov 05 The American Society of Civil Engineers is organized.

Dec 29 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants

Dec 02 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor

Dec 16 The Evening Star newspaper begins publication in Washington, DC.

Dec 17 The first Hawaiian cavalry organized

Dec 23 First Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco

Dec 26 New Brunswick-built ship Marco Polo arrives backin Liverpool England from Melbourne, Australia in 140 days, a trip that sually took 240 days; declared the fastest ship in the world; 1883 wrecked when grounded in a gale off Cavendish, PEI.

May 18 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school

Jul 23 The first interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio

Jul 03 Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif)

Jun 24 J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene

Jan 03 The first Chinese arrive in Hawaii

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