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Science/Technology Autumn begins
US/the World Austrian troops cross into eastern Prussia setting off full war between Prussia and Austria.
Battles/Soldiers Austrian and Italian naval units clash at Lissa in the first major fleet confrontation of ironclads.
Foreign Austria threatens to join the war effort against Russia
Foreign Austria forgives Hungarian rebels for their role in 1848 revolution
Foreign Austria demands that Sardinia-Piedmont disarm, and issues a three-day ultimatum
Foreign Austria abolishes the 1849 constitution and restores absolutist monarchy
US/the World Australian Thomas Austin hosts his first rabbit hunt with twenty-five wild rabbits imported from England
Crime/Disasters Australian ship sinks in a storm in the Pacific, survivors reached land three weeks later barely alive
Crime/Disasters Australia-bound ship wrecked in the English Channel soon after sailing and all aboard are lost
Personal Augustus Drum, former congressman from Pennsylvania, dies at his home in Westmoreland County
Education/Culture Attempt to portray a live horse race in a stage play ends in disaster in New York City
Battles/Soldiers Attack of Confederate infantry on dismounted Union cavalry begins the collision of armies at Gettysburg
Crime/Disasters Atlantic packet returning from France sinks off Nova Scotia and nine seamen drown
Education/Culture Ateneo de Manila University is founded in the Philippines
Business/Industry Atchison and St. Joseph's Railroad completed
Battles/Soldiers At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed
Battles/Soldiers At Vicksburg, a large mine is exploded under defenses but an attempt at a Union breakthrough fails
US/the World At Vera Cruz, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in his new country for the first time
US/the World At Vera Cruz, British and Spanish troops begin to withdraw from the Allied intervention into Mexico
Crime/Disasters At Troy, New York, a locomotive plunges into the Hudson River off an open drawbridge
Lawmaking/Litigating At the White House, President Johnson meets with a delegation representing Sioux tribes.
Crime/Disasters At the War Department, Secretary Stanton announced large rewards for the capture of the Lincoln conspirators
Education/Culture At the Union Grounds in Brooklyn, the Atlantic baseball club defeats the Eckford Club 35-8
Lawmaking/Litigating At the U.S. Capitol, the vote in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution fails
Lawmaking/Litigating At the U.S. Capitol, the Senate passes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Lawmaking/Litigating At the U.S. Capitol, the House of Representatives passes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Lawmaking/Litigating At the U.S. Capitol, debate begins in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution
Battles/Soldiers At the siege of Lucknow, William Hall becomes the first black man to win the Victoria Cross
US/the World At the Quebec Conference, delegates announce their seventy-two resolutions for a united Canada