Mar 12 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists

Mar 24 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in San Francisco, 89 days out of New York

Mar 13 The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer

Mar 09 The first Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington DC

Mar 27 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)

Mar 21 US extradition treaty with Sweden

Aug 08 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC

Aug 11 Nation's first successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)

Aug 01 European and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867.

Aug 03 Second Maori War begins

Aug 03 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY

Sep 07 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan

Sep 20 First British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)

Sep 21 In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the battle of Baliqiao.

Sep 06 The birth of Jane Addams, American sociologist

Feb 13 King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes

Feb 22 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for the first time

Feb 03 Thomas Clemson takes office as first US superintendent of agriculture

Feb 16 Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse government resigns

Feb 10 John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres

Feb 22 Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages

Apr 26 Founding of the Second Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada from six independent militia units; later the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, oldest regiment in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Apr 02 First Italian Parliament met at Turin

Apr 03 Pony Express began between St Joseph MO & Sacramento CA

Apr 14 Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo

Apr 03 In the United States, the Pony Express mail delivery system starts its service

Nov 06 Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th President

Nov 23 With the "Banking Panic" of 1857 stretching into another decade and showing few signs of lifting, the New York Clearing House moved to offer help on this day, the Clearing House handed out its first loan, issuing $7.375 million worth of certificates to the nation's ailing banks.

Nov 23 With the "Banking Panic" of 1857 stretching into another decade and showing few signs of lifting, the New York Clearing House moved to offer help: on this day, the Clearing House handed out its first loan, issuing $7.375 million worth of certificates to the nation's ailing banks.

Dec 20 South Carolina secedes from the American Union, and joined the Confederacy

Dec 17 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County

Dec 26 Maiden voyage of first steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)

Dec 20 SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede

May 16 Republican convention (Chicago) selects Abraham Lincoln candidate

May 18 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president

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