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).

Dec 02 Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV.

Dec 18 South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth"

Dec 02 The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter

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

Aug 27 Successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn

Oct 16 John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va

Oct 19 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope

Jul 01 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis

Jul 12 Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass

Jul 05 Capt NC Brooks discovers Midway Islands

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'

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