Mar 22 The first political party dedicated to the working class in Australia, the Political Labour League of Victoria, is founded in Melbourne.

Mar 18 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramón (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform

Mar 21 Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh

Mar 26 The birth of A.E Housman, English poet

Mar 13 John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

Mar 08 The birth of Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Author of 'The Wind In The Willows'

Aug 17 Circus acrobat Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

Aug 27 Successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn

Sep 20 Patent granted on the electric range

Sep 29 Great auroral display in US

Sep 01 RC Carrington &R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare

Sep 02 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii

Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny

Feb 26 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins

Feb 28 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery

Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.

Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used

Apr 12 Hibernia Savings and Loan Society of SF incorporates

Apr 25 Work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt

Apr 04 The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)

Apr 06 US recognizes Liberal government in M‚xico's War of the Reform

Apr 27 "S.S. Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard

Apr 18 Montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup

Apr 25 Ground broken for Suez Canal

Apr 30 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires

Nov 23 Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born

Nov 12 Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name

Nov 24 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"

Nov 23 The birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw

Dec 12 First train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke.

Dec 22 In Winnipeg Manitoba the Nor'Wester newspaper is first published on the Canadian Prairies

Dec 15 GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun

Dec 19 Grading started for Market Street RR

Dec 28 William Coldwell and William Buckingham publish first issue of The Nor'Wester at Fort Garry

Dec 27 The Grand Trunk Railway completes its line between Toronto and Sarnia and establishes a ferry service across the St. Clair River to Fort Gratiot (Port Huron).

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