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Slavery Ending
Slavery Ends in Neth Indies -
Britain Returns
Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua -
American College
American College established in Rome -
Thomas Clemson takes office
Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture -
San Fran Games
organized baseball played in San Francisco for the first Time -
Lincoln Nominated
Lincoln Receives Presidential Nomination -
Democratic nominees
Democrats Nominate 2 Other Candidates -
Lincoln Elected
Lincoln Elected President -
First Secession Convention
The First Secession Convention meets in SC -
South Carolina
South Carolina Secedes from Union -
New King
King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first King of Italy -
Serfdom Abolished
Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] -
Free The Citizens
Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs and granted them the full rights of free citizens [OS=Feb 19] -
Lincoln Inaugarted
Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th US President -
Segou Seized
West African political leader El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali -
Italy Unified
Italy is unified into a single kingdom under Victor Emmanuel II following the campaigns led by Giuseppe Garibaldi -
Robert E Lee
Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces -
Battle Of Bull Run
Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought -
Pony Express
Pony Express (Missouri to California) ends after 19 month -
Records Broken
22,990mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in India in 1861, a world record -
Paper Currency
Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln -
Tests
First pasteurization test completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard -
New Orleans Falls
New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War -
Homestead Act Becomes law
US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West -
Lee Takes Charge
Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virgin during US Civil War -
Slavery outlawed In US territories
Slavery outlawed in US territories -
Lee invades North
General Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederate troops during US Civil war -
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War 23,110 die in first battle on Union soil -
Blood and Iron Speech
Prussia Minister President Otto von Bismarck's delivers his "Blood & Iron" speech -
Otto Von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states -
Homestead Act
1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebraska -
New Declaration
Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, enters gardens of Rivden, near Baghdad. Makes the declaration of aha'u'llah during 12 days spent there -
Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted -
Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg: Largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War -
Wars
Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah. -
Conferences
International conference begins in Geneva aimed at improving medical conditions on battlefields - beginning of the Red Cross -
Football
Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby -
Four Score and Seven years ago
US President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score & seven years ago..." -
Amnesty Proclamtion
Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South -
London
Charing Cross Station opens in London -
Battle of Cosby Creek
Battle of Cosby Creek, TN -
Birth
Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944) -
Civil War Skirmish
Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va -
Battle of Fair Gardens
Battle of Fair Gardens, TN -
Battles
Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga -
Mobile bay
US Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -
Geneva Convention
First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field" -
Atlanta Gets Burned
Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during US Civil War -
Calcutta destroyed
Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone, approx 60,000 die -
Thanksgiving
US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday -
Compaigning
Apr 26th] Carolinas' campaign -
Fights
Con Orem & Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match -
Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. -
Battle of Beverly
Battle of Beverly, West Virginia, Confederate forces attack Union post -
Union fleets bombs
Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC -
Dramatic Chronicles
SF Dramatic Chronicle started -
Sailor Attacks
Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die -
Field Order
Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) -
Battle of ft sc
Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC -
Fort Anderson
Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC -
University
Fisk University opens in Nashville, Tennessee -
London Sinks
Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End, England and kills 220 -
London formed New
The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. -
Prague
Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach" premieres in Prague -
Wesley College
Wesley College is established in Melbourne -
Prim
Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends -
Birth
Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian -
Birth
Benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher -
Birth
Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical) -
Death
Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802) -
Birth
charles Edward Montague, English author/critic (Fiery Particles) -
Birth
Emily Green Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946) -
britain
Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. -
Birth
Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 -
Birth
Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. 1939) -
Birth
James Marcus, New York, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) -
North America Act
British North America Act is passed in the House of Commons, serves as Canada's constitution for more than 100 years -
Alaska
US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly) -
Dynamite
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
