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
