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
