Events

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Type	Date Span	Title Sort descending
Cultural	Sat, April 28, 1855	Boston Veterinary Institute founded
Business/Industry	Mon, July 19, 1858	Boston-built steam yacht delivered to the Viceroy of Egypt
Cultural	Tue, April 17, 1860	Boxer John C. Heenan, "the Benicia Boy," and British champion Tom Sayers fight for a "world championship"
Education/Culture	Sat, January 22, 1859	Brahms' First Piano Concerto premieres at Hanover in northern Germany
Education/Culture	Mon, March 28, 1859	Brahms' First Serenade for Orchestra premieres at Hamburg in northern Germany
Foreign	Wed, September 4, 1850	Brazil outlaws the slave trade, without freeing existing slaves
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, June 23, 1860	Breakaway delegates in Baltimore nominate John C. Breckinridge, splitting the Democratic Party
Slavery/Abolition	Wed, July 18, 1860	Breckinridge supporter John Brown Gordon tells college students slavery is "the hand-maid of civil liberty"
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, July 14, 1860	Breckinridge supporters meet in Indianapolis, Indiana
Education/Culture	Sun, April 29, 1860	Bret Harte publishes his first short story in San Francisco, California
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, October 3, 1864	Brevet Major John R. Meigs, son of General Meigs, is killed by guerillas in Virginia
Crime/Disasters	Wed, September 28, 1859	Bridge over a canal collapses in Albion, New York and eighteen citizens perish
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sun, February 9, 1862	Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone, USA, arrested in his Washington hotel room and imprisoned
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, November 6, 1861	Brigadier General Grant sails from Cairo, Illinois to attack Confederate positions along the Mississippi
US/the World	Mon, March 10, 1862	Britain and France declare by treaty that Zanzibar in East Africa is separate and independent from Oman
US/the World	Fri, July 6, 1866	Britain and the African Kingdom of Madagascar conclude a treaty of friendship and cooperation.
US/the World	Mon, December 17, 1860	Britain announces the minting of new "pennies," "halfpennies," and "farthings" in bronze
US/the World	Sun, March 31, 1861	Britain becomes the first state to recognize the new united Kingdom of Italy
Foreign	Tue, March 28, 1854	Britain declares war on Russia and joins France in sending troops to the Crimea
Foreign	Mon, February 27, 1854	Britain demands that all Russian troops be withdrawn from the Crimea
US/the World	Wed, February 5, 1862	Britain rescinds its Trent Affair restrictions on the export of saltpeter and other war materials
US/the World	Sat, June 16, 1860	Britain's Grenadier Guards Regiment celebrates its two hundredth anniversary
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, February 19, 1862	Britain's House of Commons debates a bill to allow a man to marry his deceased wife's sister
Education/Culture	Thu, July 4, 1861	Britain's National Rifle Association holds its annual Shooting Competition on Wimbledon Common
US/the World	Thu, February 6, 1862	Britain's Prince of Wales embarks on a five month tour of the Middle East
US/the World	Thu, July 26, 1860	British and Force warships anchor at the port of Beitang in preparation for the latest landing in China
US/the World	Mon, November 5, 1860	British and French forces evacuate Beijing
Foreign	Sat, April 21, 1860	British and French forces occupy the strategic Chinese island of Chusan
US/the World	Sat, October 6, 1860	British and French forces reach the outskirts of the Chinese capital and sack the Summer Palace
US/the World	Thu, March 8, 1860	British and French send ultimatum to the Chinese Govenment threatening war