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Battles/Soldiers - With the opening of the Tennessee River, U.S. naval units raid deep into Tennessee and Alabama
Business/Industry With the Mississippi River open again to traffic, the steamboat Imperial departs St Louis for New Orleans
Legal/Political With the end of its second regular session, the 34th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns
Campaigns/Elections With Republicans taking power in New Jersey, the New York Times announces the state's "Reconstruction"
Business/Industry With pressure on its bullion reserves easing, the Bank of England drops its discount rate again
Battles/Soldiers With impressive ceremony in Brooklyn, 3000 Long Island veterans are presented with service medals
Lawmaking/Litigating With great ceremony, Queen Victoria opens the new session of the British Parliament in London.
Education/Culture With great ceremony, Australian explorers Burke and Wills are buried in Melbourne, Australia
Education/Culture With benefactor George Peabody in attendance, the Peabody Institute is officially inaugurated in Baltimore.
Campaigns/Elections With African-Americans voting in large numbers, Republican make sweeping gains in the Washington D.C. municipal elections.
Religion/Philosophy With a presidential proclamation, Abraham Lincoln calls for a day of "humiliation, prayer, and fasting"
Campaigns/Elections Wisconsin Republicans support William Seward for President
Lawmaking/Litigating Wisconsin Governor William Barstow resigns after State Supreme Court ruling
Personal Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey drowns in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops
Crime/Disasters - Winter gale causes havoc to shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada
Science/Technology Winter begins
Education/Culture Willie Park, Sr. wins the first British Open by shooting 174 over 36 holes
Science/Technology Williams College scientific expedition leaves Maine for Greenland
Business/Industry William Wrigley, Jr., founder of Wrigley's Gum and famous owner of the Chicago Cubs born in Philadelphia
Personal William Wright, sitting Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey, dies at his home in Newark.
Cultural - William Wordsworth's private library of three thousand volumes sold at auction in England
Crime/Disasters William Walker's latest filibustering attempt ends before it begins with arrest by U.S. Marshals
Slavery/Abolition William Walker's filibuster government in Nicaragua repeals the abolition of slavery in that country
Battles/Soldiers William Walker sails from New Orleans for Honduras on his last filibustering expedition
Battles/Soldiers William Walker launches another fillibustering attempt against Nicaragua from New Orleans
Military/Violent William Walker is elected president of Nicaragua
Military/Violent William Walker is driven from Mexico and taken into custody by the U.S. military
Personal William Walker is born in Nashville, Tennessee
Battles/Soldiers William Walker captures the Nicaraguan capital of Granada
Battles/Soldiers William Walker and his men capture Trujillo on the Honduran coast