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US/the World Tsar Alexander II signs the legislation ending serfdom in the Russian Empire
Crime/Disasters Troop train crashes through a bridge near Huron, Indiana, killing eighteen Illinois soldiers and injuring many more
Religion/Philosophy Trinity Church is dedicated in New York City
Legal/Political Trial begins in important Lincoln legal case
US/the World Treaty signed between United States and China
Foreign Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War and guarantees the territorial boundaries of the Ottoman Empire
Lawmaking/Litigating Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation agreed between the United States and Paraguay
Foreign Treaty of Bayonne between France and Spain sets their international borders
US/the World Treaty negotiations successfully conclude the late war between France, Austria, and Piedmont
Lawmaking/Litigating Treasury Secretary Dix issues his order to "shoot on the spot" anyone hauling down the national flag
Business/Industry Traveller's Insurance Company chartered in Hartford, Connecticut
Crime/Disasters Transporting Union cavalry near Mobile, Alabama, a steamer hits a mine and sinks with loss of life
Crime/Disasters TransAtlantic steamship from New York strikes a rock four miles from her Irish destination
Crime/Disasters Train derails after hitting a cow near Brooklyn, New York and a fireman is killed
Crime/Disasters Train derailment in Wisconsin kills ten people and injures many more
Crime/Disasters Train crash outside London kills one of Queen Victoria's doctors and injure many others
Crime/Disasters Train crash in upstate New York kills and injures many passengers.
Crime/Disasters Tornadoes strike Morgan County, Illinois, destroying farmhouses and killing at least eight
Crime/Disasters Tornadoes in the Ohio Valley cause massive damage and kill more than one hundred and fifty
Crime/Disasters Tornadoes in the northwestern Pennsylvania highlands devastate kill seven and injure thirty
Crime/Disasters Tornado strikes the town of Carlinville in west central Illinois but no deaths are reported
Crime/Disasters Tornado strikes the town of Alton, Illinois
Crime/Disasters Tornado strikes Putnam and Morgan Counties in west central Indiana
Crime/Disasters Tornado demolishes the railway station in Braceville, Ohio, killing one
Science/Technology - Tied to their docks in the New York's East River, two naval ships begin extensive boiler tests
Battles/Soldiers Three young Union cavalrymen are promoted as brigade commanders, including one named Custer
Lawmaking/Litigating Three Washburn brothers sit in the Thirty-Fourth Congress
Crime/Disasters Three thousand pounds of gunpowder explodes at a cartridge factory on New York City's East River
Crime/Disasters Three soldiers of the Union Army's XXII Corps are executed for desertion
US/the World Three shiploads of reinforcements for Garibaldi's campaign in Sicily reach Sardinia