Mar 05 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
Mar 05 Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads
Mar 25 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine
Mar 07 Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact
Mar 26 New South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won
Mar 30 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War
Aug 10 Hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana
Sep 14 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders
Feb 20 John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die
Feb 19 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH
Feb 22 First national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh)
Feb 29 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease
Apr 03 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
Apr 11 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
Apr 21 The first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed
Apr 21 The first rail train to pass over the mighty Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, IL made its journey across a newly completed bridge between the two rail centers.
Apr 29 Peace between England & Russia
Nov 20 CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.
Dec 28 The birth of Woodrow Wilson, Former (28th) US President
May 19 Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery
May 22 Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner
May 24 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas
May 21 Lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
May 07 Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact
May 06 The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer
