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1855 Alexander Parkes of GBR invents plastic, Beginning of reign of Emperor Theodore of Ethiopia, End of St. Bartholomew’s Fair at Smithfield in London (after running 722 years) * Saints petition Pierce for continuation of Young as governor – Young reappointed, death of French painter Jean Baptiste Isabey, Napoleon establishes weather observation stations, death of Karl Gauss the German mathematician and astronomer, death of English author Mary Russel Mitford, death of US lawyer John C Spencer, death of Spanish composer Pedro Albeniz, death of Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz, death of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, death of English novelist Charlotte Bronte, quake and tsunami in Japan kills over 4700, Sören Kierkegaard dies, Czar Nicholas I of Russia dies – succeeded by Alexander II, Britain and Afghanistan join against Persia in Treaty of Peshawar, Taiping Rebellion ends, Russians capitulate at Sebastopol – Allies enter town, death of Charlotte Bronte, Robert Browning writes poetry, Dickens writes, Dumas writes, Gustav Freytag writes, Longfellow writes “Song of Hiawatha”, death of writer Adam B Mickiewicz, WH Prescott writes, Tennyson writes “Maud” and other poems, Anthony Trollope writes, Turgenev writes, Walt Whitman writes “Leaves of Grass”, Alexander Bain writes about senses and intellects, Johann Droysen writes about Prussian policies, Henry Milman writes about Latin Christianity, Pierre Le Play writes about working-class incomes, Herbert Spencer writes about psychology, Jakob Burckhardt writes about art history, Courbet creates “Pavillon du Realisme” at Paris World Fair, death of French painter JB Isabey, Berlioz composes “Te Deum”, Verdi composes opera, Wagner conducts series of concerts,, George Audemars takes out first patent for production of rayon, Sir Richard Burton writes “Pilgrimage to Mecca” travel book, professorship of technology created at Edinburgh, David E Hughes invents printing telegraph, Austrian engineer Franz Killer develops tungsten steel, RS Lawrence of Vermont constructs turret lathe, Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls on Zambezi River, Matthew Maury writes about geography of the sea, first iron Cunard steamer crosses Atlantic in less than 10 days, founding of “The Daily Telegraph” in London, Ferdinand de Lesseps granted concession by France to construct Suez Canal, Electric telegraph between London and Balaklava, London sewers modernized after cholera outbreak, Florence Nightingale introduces hygienic standards into military hospitals during Crimean War, Paris World Fair, Saints petition Pierce for continuation of Young as governor – Young reappointed, Santa Anna flees Mexico, Benito Júarez assumes the presidency, Søren Kierkegaard dies, Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass, Henry Clay navigated down Hudson River, disaster as it burns, "Bleeding Kansas" during elections, Jun 9 first handcart company leaves IA, Perpetual Emigration Fund proposed Oct 29, Jul 23 SL Temple foundation completed, Endowment House dedicated May 5, Congress authorizes telegraph line across the country Feb 17, Liszt and Verdi compose, Charge of the light brigade takes place, Whitman Leaves of Grass, Alexander II becomes tsar and institutes reform, Miao rebellion against Manchu in Guizhou China, The Christian, nationalist Hakka rebel against manchu as well, King Mongkut opens Siam to British trade, Death of Czar Nicholas I and Alexander II rules, Canada makes Dominion of Newfoundland, Crimean War embarrasses Europe; Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass

1856 Queen Victoria awards first Victoria Cross, cheap steel possible with Bessemer process, Death of Imam Sayyid Said of Oman, Dr. Livingstone crosses Africa, end of Crimean War in Europe and Middle East, Antislavery Republican party formed in US, Australia achieves full self-government, Dernieres Island Louisiana Cyclone, Major lightning storm off Rhodes Greece * Saints petition Pierce for statehood and continuation of Young as Governor, Saints thrilled that Buchanan wins over Fremont who protests against slavery and polygamy, death of US editor and legislator John S. Miles, death of Russian mathematician N.I. Lobachevsky, death of French historian Augustin Thierry, death of German poet Heinrich Heine, death of French composer Adolphe Adam, death of German composer Robert Schumann, death of Lucy Mack Smith in Illinois, End of Crimean War, Flaubert and Baudelaire publish in France, end of Livingstone’s exploration of Zambezi, Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross, Britian annexes Oudh India and establishes Natal as Crown Colony, Reform edict in Turkish Empire – peace conference in Paris recognizes integrity of Turkey, Massacre of Potawatomie Creek Kansas – slavers murdered by free-staters, Austrian amnesty for Hungarian rebels of 1848-9, Anglo-Chinese war begins – British fleet bombards Canton, Persia occupies Heart – outbreak of British-Persian war, James Buchanan wins US presidential election French-Spanish frontier defined, South African Republic (Transvaal) organized under Marthinius Pretorius, Britain grants self-government to Tasmania, Emperor Francis Joseph visits Lombardy and Venice and appoints brother Archduke Maximilian governor of the provinces, Edmond Abour writes, Flaubert writes “Madame Bovary”, death of author Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo writes poetry, Ibsen writes, Gottfried Keller writes, Morike writes, Charles Reade writes, JA Froude writes about English history, Theodor Goldstucker writes Sanskrit Dictionary, Rudolf Lotze writes, JR Motley writes about Dutch history, Hippolyte Taine writes about classical philosophy and France, death of French historian Augustin Thierry, Alexis de Tocquebille writes, Heinrich von Ferstel begins the Votivkirche in Vienna, Jean AD Ingres paints “La Source”, Karl Bechstein founds piano factory, Alexander Dargomijsky composes, Maillart composes opera, death of composer Robert Schumann, Sir Henry Bessemer introduces new steel-making process, Pure cocaine extract from cocoa beans, birth of Freud, Hermann von Helmholtz writes about optics, death of Russian mathematician Nikolai I Lobachevsky, William H Perkin prepares first aniline dye, German botanist Nathaniel Pringsheim observes sperm in plants, Sir William Siemens makes ductile steel for boiler plating, Baseball – Chicago Unions organized, Black forest railroad with 40 tunnels opened, First Australian interstate cricket match – Victoria bersus New South Wales, Longest bare-knuckle boxing fight in history – James Kelly v. Jack Smith in Australia, Neanderthal skull found in Feldhofer Cave near Dusseldorf, Big Ben the 13.5 ton bell cast, Saints petition Pierce for statehood and continuation of Young as Governor, Saints thrilled that Buchanan wins over Fremont who protests against slavery and polygamy, Second Anglo-Chinese war, Neanderthal man discovered near, Düsseldorf , Privateering declared illegal at Treaty of Paris, South African Republic established, End of Crimean war, Crimean War ends, Victoria Cross as military award, Buchanan 15th President, "Know Nothing" party wins 48 seats in Congress, Clashes occur in "Bleeding Kansas" Handcart treks to UT begin, Children of US Citizens born abroad assured of citizenship Feb 10, Church "reformation" - commitment to rededicate - many members rebaptized, Liszt composes Hungarian Rhapsodies. Henry Bessemer pioneers manufacture of steel from iron ore in Britain, first synthetic dye produced, Willie Marton handcart disaster, Gail Borden patents condensed milk, Democrats win in US with Buchanan, but Fremont was close contender; IL Central railroad founded

1857 Indian Mutiny shakes British rule, Earthquake in Italy Naples kills 11 k est 6.9, earthquake in CA kills 1 est 7.9, Earthquake in Japan * Tyler writes to president Buchanan that they can avoid the Negro question by making a great anti-Mormon push, Saints fear that Pierce will appoint a new governor, but he doesn’t, Buchanan sends 2500 troops to Utah – Utah War, In Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln accuses Douglas of supporting Mormon’s polygamy, death of Spanish poet Manuel Jose Quintana, death of German sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch, UT – Fancher Party killed at Mountain Meadows in UT, death of John Wilson Croker the British Tory leader and founder of Athenaeum Club, death of US Statesman and diplomat Louis McLane, death of German romantic poet Joseph von Eichendorff, death of Austrian composer Carl Czerny, death of French poet Alfred de Musset, Dred Scott v. Stanford decision in Scott v. Sanford, British repress rebellion in India, colonies under crown rule, Peace of Paris ends Anglo-Persian war – Shah recognizes independence of Afghanistan, James Buchanan inaugurated #15, Indian Mutiny against British rule – Siege of Delhi begins Delhi captured and British enter Cawnpore, royal Navy destroys Chinese fleet – relief of Lucknow – Britian and France take over Canton, Garibaldi forms Italian National Association for unification of the country, Irish Republican Brotherhood (Fenians) founded in New York, Czar Alexander II begins the emancipation of serfs in Russia, George Borrow writes, Charles Baudelaire writes, Bjornstjerne Bjornston writes, death of German poet Joseph von Eichendorff, George Eliot writes, Thomas Hughes writes, Dinah Mulock writes, death of French poet Alfred de Musset, Adalbert Stifter writes Austrian novel, Thackeray writes, Anthony Trollope writes, Henry T Buckle writes history of England, death of French philosopher Auguste Comte, Sir Charles T Newton discovers remains of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Ernest Renan writes about religious history, Millet paints “The Gleaners”, National Portrait Gallery in London opened, death of German sculptor Christian D Rauch, Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London, (Museum of Ornamental Art until 1899), Hans von Bulow marries Cosima Laszt, death of Russian composer Mikhail I Glinka, Charles Halle founds concerts in Manchester, Liszt composes, Pasteur proves that fermentation is caused by living organisms, Alpine Club in London founded, “Atlantic Monthly” founded, Financial and economic crisis throughout Europe caused by speculation in US railroad shares, Matrimonial Causes Act in Britain, North German Lloyd founded (transatlantic ship company), American civil engineer EG Otis installs first safety elevator, Science Museum in South Kensington founded, Transatlantic cable laid, Single-thread sewing machine patented by James Gibbs in VA, Monster of Loch Arkalg seen in Scotland (horselike), Tyler writes to president Buchanan that they can avoid the Negro question by making a great anti-Mormon push, Saints fear that Pierce will appoint a new governor, but he doesn’t, Buchanan sends 2500 troops to Utah – Utah War, In Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln accuses Douglas of supporting Mormon’s polygamy, Madame Bovary written, India mutinies against British, Several states pass temperance laws, Dred Scott Decision returns Scott to slavery, Indian soldiers revolt against British Rule in Sepoy Rebellion, Depression hits N. US, Utah War with Johnston's troops May 28, Sep 7- 11 Mountain Meadows Massacre, UT declared under Martial Law Sep 15, May 13 Elder Parley P Pratt murdered in Arkansas, Flaubert writes Madame Bovary Currier and Ives publish prints, First Indian doctors graduate in Agra, Mutiny begins with the capture of Delhi and sieges of Lucknow and Kanpur India, Indian mutiny - Muslims and Hindus rebel against British rule, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Johnston's Army fails to enter Salt Lake City, Otis installs passenger elevator, Sepoy Mutiny in India against British rule; British and French at war with China - China defeated and ports open to manufacturers

1858 Inquisition Bologna Edgardo Mortara case where child was abducted by Papal power by Pius IX, other Italian states demand Papal reforms, Austria retreats from supporting Pope and leaves Italy, After Indian Mutiny, East India Company abolished, reformer Benito Juarez becomes Mexican president, Irish foundation of Fenian movement to break from Britain, Inquisition Bologna Edgardo Mortara case where child was abducted by Papal power by Pius IX, other Italian states demand Papal reforms, Austria retreats from supporting Pope and leaves Italy * Johnston’s Army enters SL valley, Garfield marries daughter of anti-Mormon, death of Robert Owen the English social reformer, Teddy Roosevelt born, death of Japanese painter Andro Hiroshige, death of Allan Robertson the first great golfer, Disenfranchisement of blacks in MN, Lincoln runs for senate as anti-slavery candidate, Benito Juárez becomes president of Mexico, first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, Felice Orsini’s attempt to assassinate Napoleon III, Lord Derby (Conservative) beomces British Prime Minister, Minnesota becomes a state, Treaty of Tientsin ends Anglo-Chinese war, British proclaim peace in India, Powers of East India Company transferred to British Crown, Prince William of Prussia declared regent for the insane King Frederick William IV, ALixander Karageorgevich ddeposed by Serbian Diet – Milos Obrenovic declared king, Wilhelm Busch writes, Octave Feuillet writes, Oliver Wendell Holmes writes, William Morris writes poetry, reported sighting of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes France to Bernadette Soubirous, Henry Carey writes about social science, Thomas Carlyle writes about Frederick the Great, American Catholic priest Isaac Hecker founds the Paulist Fathers, Lionel de Rothschild becomes the first Jewish member of British Parliament, Philip Schaff writes history of the Christian Church, Charles Barry designs the third Covent Garden Opera House in London, William P Frith paints “Derby Day”, death of Japanese painter Ando Hiroshige, Menzel paints “Bon soir Messieurs”, Rebuilding of the Ringstrasse in Vienna, Peter von Cornelius composes, New York Symphony Orchestry gives first concert, Offenbach composes operetta, Richard Burton and John Speke discover Lake Tanganyika and lake Victoria Nyanza, TH Huxley writes the theory of vertebrate skulls, Joseph Lister studies coagulation of blood, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) invents mirror galvanometer, First meeting of General Medical Council in London, Suez Canal Company formed, National Association of Baseball Players organized in America, Ottawa becomes capital of Canada, death of English social reformer Robert Owen, South Foreland lighthouse lit by electricity, SS Great Eastern launched (largest ship of the time), English designer Charles Worth creates first haute couture house in Paris, Johnston’s Army enters SL valley, Garfield marries daughter of anti-Mormon, War of Reform begins in Mexico May 5 France's "Third Estate" tries to take control of the nobility, clergy and king of France - they vow to take control and swore an oath on a tennis court, Jul 14 Storming the Bastille, Fenian revolts begin in Ireland (separate from Britain), Darwin publishes Origin of Species along with Wallace's abstract, Gray's Anatomy first published, Indian mutiny over, First cross-Atlantic telegraph Aug 5 - failed less than a month later, CA establishes 8 reservations, Lincoln-Douglas debates begin, MN in union #32, Overland Mail begins operations, Jun 26 Johnston's Army enters SL valley, Origin of Species published by Darwin, Berlioz and Offenbach compose, queen Victoria assumes sovereignty of India as East India Company is wound up, Piedmontese premier Camillo Cavour and Napoleon III plan Italian unification, Ansei Treaties between Japan and foreign powers, French and Spanish naval force bombards Tourane and occupies Saigon, Federal troops peacefully enter Salt Lake valley, Lincoln-Douglas debates

1859 John Brown begins to start slave revolt, Earthquake in Ecuador, outbreak of rabbits in Australia, begin of self-proclaimed reign of Emperor Norton I of the US, dissolves congress, Jul - "Cool Summer of 1859" leaves snow in PA, death of German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, death of Austrian statesman Prince Klemens von Metternich, death of English historian Henry Hallam, death of US lawyer and financier Richard Rush, death of American author Washington Irving, death of German composer Louis Spohr, death of English author Leigh Hunt, death of English author Thomas de Quincey, death of German author and folklorist Wilhelm Grimm, death of Amos Kendall US politician and influential in Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet”, death of US historian WH Prescott, death of English historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, death of French author Alexis de Tocqueville, death of Polish romantic author Zygmunt Krasinski, “Indian Head Penny” (actually liberty in feather bonnet) minted, Harriet Wilson publishes first African-American novel, Abolitionist John Brown raids ferry, hanged, Charles Darwin;s “Origin of Species” published, French-Austrian war, Treaty of Alliance between Sardinia and France, Oregon becomes a state, Austria sends ultimatum to Sarsinia – starts invasion France declares war on Austria and Austrian forces defeated at Magenta and Solferino Franco-Austrian armistice followed by peace of Villafrance – later formalized by Treaty of Zurich, King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies dies – Francis II rules, Lord Derby resigns and Lord Palmerston (Liberal) becomes British Prime Minister, death of Prince Metternich, Death of King Oscar I of Sweden – Charles XV rules, German National Association founded aimed at uniting Germany under Prussia, Albert von Roon Prussian War Minister reforms army, Queensland separated from New South Wales with Brisbane as capital, Bismarck becomes Prussian ambassador to Sat. Petersburg, Pedro Alarcon writes, Dickens writes “A Take of Two Cities”, George Eliot writes, Edward Fitzgerald writes, Ivan Goncharov writes, Victor Hugo writes, death of English author Leigh Hunt, death of American author Washington Irving, death of English author Thomas de Quincey, George Sand writes, Tennydon writes, Charles Darwin writes “On the Origin of species by Natural Selection”, death of German astronomer and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Ferdinand Lassalle writes about Prussia, death of English historian Thomas B Macaulay, Karl Marx writes, JS Mill writes Essay on Liberty, death of American historian W H Prescott, Ranke writes history of England, Ernest Renen writes moral essays, LFK Tischendorf discovers Codex Sinaiticus, Pasquale Villari writes, Corot paints “Macbeth”, Millet paints “The Angelus” Whistler paints “At the Piano”, Daniel Decatur Emmett composes “Dixie”, Gounod composes “Faust”, Andelina Patti’s New York debut singing, death of German composer Louis Spohr, Verdi composes in Rome, Anthropological Society of Paris founded, Bunsen and Kirchhoff begins experimenting with spectrum analysis, First oil well drilled at Titusville PA, RLG Plante creates first practical storage battery, Steamroller invented, HJS Smith writes about number theory, Baseball club of Washington DC founded, French tightrope walker Charles Blondin crosses Niagara falls on tightrope, Founding of Port Said in Egypt, Samuel Smiles writes “Self-Help” the manual on how to succeed in life, Work on Suez Canal begun under the Lesseps’ direction, Pikes Peak Gold Rush, A tale of Two Cities published, Origin of Species published, Oregon statehood #33, John Brown raids Harpers Ferry Oct 16, Edwin Drake drills oil well in PA Aug 27, Horace Greely publishes, Comstock Lode discovered in NV, Tennyson writes. Piedmont, supported by France, expels Austrians from N Italy, Commercial convention at Vicksburg demands the resumption of slave imports, World's first oil well in PA, Port Said Egypt founded and becomes world's main ship-coaling station, Dutch and Portugese agree to partition island of Timor, Theory of evolution published. Lord Palmerston becomes British Prime Minister; OR admitted as US state; Harper's Ferry raided

1860 Kerosene developed, British and French loot and burn in Beijing, Italian parliament meets in Turin – Garibaldi takes southern Italy and most of Italy unified, Burke and Wills cross Australia from S to N, Start of first Maori War in New Zealand until 1870, Pasteur works with immunization, End of 20 years of outbreaks in New Zealand, US Emperor Norton bans use of the term “Frisco” * Young proclaims support for Lincoln after election day, Blackfriars Bridge in London destroyed, May - Oh and Ky hit by downbursts and tornadoes, Beginning of Broadway shows- unofficially, death of German poet Ernst Moritz Arndt, death of James Kirke Paulding US writer and secretary of the Navy, death of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, death of German composer Friedrich Silcher, death of English architect Charles Barry, death of French painter A.G. Decamps, Southern states secede SC, AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, Etienne Lenoir of Belgium invents internal combustion engine, Lincoln elected – S Carolina secedes, British and French win second Opium war in China, French control Vietnam, Russia expands control in Asia, forced removal of Native Americans in America, Plebiscites in Tuscany Emilia Romagna Parma and Modena favor union with Sardinia, Treaty of Turin cedes Nice and Savoy to France – first Italian parliament meets, Garibaldi and his 1000 redshirts sail from Genoa and reach Marsala – take Palermo and Naples, Victor Emmanuel II king of Sardinia invades Papal States and defeats papal troops, Garibaldi proclaims Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy, Second Maori War begins, founding of Vladivostok, Anglo-French troops defeat Chinese at Pa-li-Chau – Treaty of Peking, Dion Boucicault writes in London, Wilkie Collins writes “The Woman in White” George Eliot writes “The Mill on the Floss”, Eugene Labiche writes, Multatuli writes Dutch novel, Alexander Ostrovski writes Russian drama, Freidrich Spielhagen writes German novel, AC Swinburne writes drama, “The Cornhill Magazine” founded with WM Thackeray editor, English Church Union founded, JS Mill writes about representative government, Charles de Montalembert writes, JL Motley writes history, Russian Orthodox Church establishes monastery in Jerusalem, death of Arthur Schopenhauer, Jakob Burckhardt paints “The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy”, death of French painter AG Decamps, Degas paints “Spartan Boys and Girls Exercising”, W Holman Hunt paints “Finding of the Saviour in the Temple”, Manet paints “Spanish Guitar Player”, Franz von Suppe creates Viennese operettas, Firsts modern Welsh Eisteddfod music, Bunsen and Kirchhoff discover the elements cesium and rubidium, GT Fechner writes “Elements of Psychophysics”, Lenoir constructs first practical internal-combustion engine, Frederick Walton invents cork linoleum, baseball becomes popular in New York and Boston – first recorded game in San Francisco, “The Catholic Times’ published, In the last decade 434 k people from Britain and 914k from Ireland immigrate to US, Food and Drug Act enacted in Britain, John C Heenan of the US and Tom Sayers (Brit) fight championship bout ended by crown breaking into the ring, British Open Golf Championship started with W Park the first winner, Beginning of skiing as competitive sport, Christopher L Sholes devises primitive typewriter, First horse-drawn tram, Young proclaims support for Lincoln after election day, Joseph Etienne Lenoir created internal combustion engine, Florence Nightingale establishes school for nurses, Decade of Robert Koch, Abraham Lincoln elected 16th president over Stephen Douglas, Nov 6, SC succeeds Dec 20, Pony Express first run from MO to CA Apr 3, Goshute War occurs, Sep 24 last groups of handcarts cross plains, Garibaldi invades Sicily and captures most of S Italy, Abraham Lincoln elected, President Buchanan denies any state may secede, Russian expansion into Turkestan, Anglo-French force destroys imperial palace at Beijing, Italian rebellion under Garibaldi unites Naples and Papal States; end of period known as "American Renaissance"; Lincoln doesn't win popular vote, but wins electoral vote; Tunis overrun with speculators; Russia rules China's maritime provinces

1861 Otto produces gas engine, Czar Alexander II abolishes serfdom, End of reign of Benito Juarez of Mexico, Gold discovered in New Zealand, Collapse of Papal States * Johnston’s army called east for Civil War – Buchanan divides Utah territory in half, creating Nevada, Lincoln checks out Book of Mormon from Library of Congress and in later years, several other books on Mormonism, Nov 1 - Late hurricane hits Cape Hatteras, NC scattering Union ships blockading the port, death of German jurist Friedrich Karl von Savigny, death of John McLean the US jurist, death of French dramatist and librettist Eugene Scribe, death of German composer Heinrich Marschner, death of Frederick William IV of Prussia – William I rules, death of English poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning, death of Italian statesman Camillo Count Cavour, death of Prince Albert of Britain, death of Frederick William IV of Prussia, Sumataran quake est at 8.5, Civil War begins with firing on Ft. Sumter, Broca of France studies brain damage, CSA drafts constitution condoning slavery, William I King of Prussia, Civil War begins, Kansas becomes state, Washington Peace Convention tries to preserve Union but Congress of Montgomery forms CSA with SC GA AL MI FL and LA – Lincoln inaugurated, Confederates take Ft. Sumter and Charleston – Apr 12 Civil War official start Confederate victory at Bull Run Union takes Ft. Clark and Ft. Hatteras, King of Naples surrenders to Garibaldi at Gaeta – Italy proclaimed a kingdom by Parliament with Victor Emmanuel II as king, Warsaw Massacre – troops fire at demonstrators against Russian rule, Emancipation of Russian serfs, death of Sultan Abdul Mejid of Turkey – succeeded by brother Abdul Aziz, death of Pedro V or Portugal – succeeded by Louis I, Dickens writes “Great Expectations”, Dostoevsky writes “The House of the Dead”, George Eliot writes “Silas Marner”, Oliver Wendell Holmes writes, death of French novelist Henri Murger, Charles Reade writes, Mrs. Henry Wood writes, Vladimir Dahl writes Russian dictionary, Ferdinand Lassalle writes about rights, Herbert Spencer writes about education, Arthur P Stanley writes about the Eastern Church, Corot paints “Orphee Le Repos”, Charles Garnier designs Paris Opera, Sandringham House built in Norfolk as country residence of Queen Victoria, Royal Academy of Music in London founder, composition of “Tannhauser” a scandal in Paris, Archaeopteryx skeleton discovered in Germany, William Crookes discovers thallium, TS Mort builds first machine-chilled cold storage unit, Pasteur creates germ theory of fermentation, Semmelweis writes about “Childbed Fever”, Mrs. Beeton writes “Book of Household Management”, Daily weather forecasts are begun in Britain, first horse-drawn trams in London, Krupp begins arms production in Essen GER, Queen Victoria creates Order of the Star of India, US introduces passport system, Populations – Russia 76 million, US 32 million, Britain 23 million, Italy 25 million, Johnston’s army called east for Civil War – Buchanan divides Utah territory in half, creating Nevada, Lincoln checks out Book of Mormon from Library of Congress, and in later years, several other books on Mormonism, Gold Rush in New Zealand, End of War of Reform in Mexico, Koch introduces Germ Theory, Prince Albert dies , Confederate States of America Feb 4 Abraham Lincoln in office Mar 4, Czar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia, Kansas enters union as free state #34, Benito Juarez president of Mexico, Battle of Bull Run July 21 Fort Sumter attacked, Blockade of South ordered, President Lincoln creates Uintah Valley Indian Reservation, End of the Pony Express as telegraph is linked, Johnston's troops leave UT when War starts, President Brigham Young sends message across telegraph, Serfs emancipated in Russia, Italy unified, George Elliot writes Silas Mariner, Nevada, Dakota and Colorado territories drawn up, Civil war begins when Confederate forces fire on Ft. Sumter, "Stonewall" Jackson wins first battle of Bull Run, Czar Alexander II undertakes reform by emancipating Russian serfs, Siemens-Martin open- hearth steelmaking process begins in Germany, transcontinental telegraph joined in SLC, Frederick William of Prussia dies - brother William I crowned; Apr 12 - firing on Ft. Sumpter; Transcontinental Telegraph created


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