May 05 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast

May 24 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, first Black college in US forms by Prebyts

May 30 The U S territories of Nebraska and Kansas are established

May 24 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston

May 30 Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery

May 27 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to San Fransisco completed

Jan 18 Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México

Jan 30 The first election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast

Jan 05 Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die

Jan 21 The Cardiff schooner Catherine o'Flanagan, stranded near Tyrella, in Dundrum Bay, Northern Ireland. Although the ship did not suffer much damage in the stranding the crew had abandoned her before she hit the shore and were drowned in the breakers.

Jan 01 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)

Jan 31 Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)

Jan 13 Anthony Foss patents the accordion

Jan 09 Astor Library opens in New York City NY

Jan 05 Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die

Jan 01 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)

Jan 31 Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)

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

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