Mar 01 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again

Mar 31 Treaty of Kanagawa Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade

Mar 31 Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade

Mar 20 Republican Party Founded In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig political party meet to establish a new political party that would oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories

Mar 08 US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan

Mar 20 Republican Party Founded: In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig political party meet to establish a new political party that would oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories

Mar 07 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes!

Mar 28 During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia

Mar 07 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes!1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch &McIntosh killed

Aug 24 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland

Aug 30 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels

Aug 06 Congress passes Confiscation Act

Aug 29 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)

Sep 20 British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea

Sep 27 The steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people

Feb 22 First meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan

Feb 28 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon WI

Feb 28 Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which became the Republican Party).

Feb 01 Fire destroys Parliament Buildings at Quebec; government transfers to Toronto; hastens the decision to move to Ottawa

Feb 28 The Republican Party is formally organized

Feb 06 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine

Feb 23 Great-Britain & Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein

Feb 11 Major streets lit by coal gas for first time

Feb 04 Alvan Bovay proposes the name "Republican Party," Ripon WI

Feb 27 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine

Apr 29 The birth of Henri Poincare, French mathematician

Apr 04 Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai

Apr 16 Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die

Apr 16 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake

Apr 06 William Strickland US architect, dies

Nov 06 The birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor

Nov 13 "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300

Nov 04 Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island

Nov 13 The ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300

Dec 01 Armed Diggers prepare for confrontation with troops on Eureka Hill, Victcoria.

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