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US/the World British captain and two of his men recapture the Emily St. Pierre from its U.S. Navy prize crew
Personal British author William Makepeace Thackeray dies suddenly at his home in London, aged fifty-two
Education/Culture British author and dramatist George Soane dies at his London home
Science/Technology British astronomer Warren De La Rue captures photographic images of a solar eclipse
Foreign British and French troops take the Russian stronghold of Sevastapol in the Crimea
US/the World British and French troops enter the Chinese capital
US/the World British and French send ultimatum to the Chinese Govenment threatening war
US/the World British and French forces reach the outskirts of the Chinese capital and sack the Summer Palace
Foreign British and French forces occupy the strategic Chinese island of Chusan
US/the World British and French forces evacuate Beijing
US/the World British and Force warships anchor at the port of Beitang in preparation for the latest landing in China
US/the World Britain's Prince of Wales embarks on a five month tour of the Middle East
Education/Culture Britain's National Rifle Association holds its annual Shooting Competition on Wimbledon Common
Lawmaking/Litigating Britain's House of Commons debates a bill to allow a man to marry his deceased wife's sister
US/the World Britain's Grenadier Guards Regiment celebrates its two hundredth anniversary
US/the World Britain rescinds its Trent Affair restrictions on the export of saltpeter and other war materials
Foreign Britain demands that all Russian troops be withdrawn from the Crimea
Foreign Britain declares war on Russia and joins France in sending troops to the Crimea
US/the World Britain becomes the first state to recognize the new united Kingdom of Italy
US/the World Britain announces the minting of new "pennies," "halfpennies," and "farthings" in bronze
US/the World Britain and the African Kingdom of Madagascar conclude a treaty of friendship and cooperation.
US/the World Britain and France declare by treaty that Zanzibar in East Africa is separate and independent from Oman
Battles/Soldiers Brigadier General Grant sails from Cairo, Illinois to attack Confederate positions along the Mississippi
Lawmaking/Litigating Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone, USA, arrested in his Washington hotel room and imprisoned
Crime/Disasters Bridge over a canal collapses in Albion, New York and eighteen citizens perish
Battles/Soldiers Brevet Major John R. Meigs, son of General Meigs, is killed by guerillas in Virginia
Education/Culture Bret Harte publishes his first short story in San Francisco, California
Campaigns/Elections Breckinridge supporters meet in Indianapolis, Indiana
Slavery/Abolition Breckinridge supporter John Brown Gordon tells college students slavery is "the hand-maid of civil liberty"
Campaigns/Elections Breakaway delegates in Baltimore nominate John C. Breckinridge, splitting the Democratic Party