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
