Events

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Crime/Disasters 04/28/1859 An American emigrant ship is wrecked on the Irish coast with almost 400 lives lost
Crime/Disasters 02/13/1861 An early thaw causes heavy ice damage and severe flooding along the riverbanks of New England
Science/Technology 07/20/1860 An exceptionally large and bright meteor streaks across the northern areas of the United States
Crime/Disasters 01/06/1861 An explosion of sulphur gas kills seven in a coal mine in central England
Crime/Disasters 06/04/1859—06/05/1859 An unprecedented late spring frost causes massive crop damage across the northern United States
Foreign 09/16/1858 Andrew Bonar Law, future British Prime Minister, is born in Canada
Personal 01/02/1857 Andrew Ure, famous advocate of the factory system, dies in London
Personal 10/31/1860 Andrew Volstead, author of National Prohibition Act, born in Minnesota
US/the World 10/19/1860 Ang Duong, King of Cambodia, dies at age sixty-four after twelve years of rule
Foreign 04/14/1859 Angered at Washington's recognition of Juarez, the Conservative Government in Mexico expels all U.S. consular officers
Crime/Disasters 04/25/1860 Angry mob of gamblers in Pennsylvania ransack the offices of the Scranton morning newspaper
Education/Culture 09/07/1860 Anna Mary Robertson, the future artist "Grandma Moses," is born in Greenwich, New York
Personal 09/29/1855 Anne Taney, wife of Chief Justice Taney, dies
Cultural 08/13/1860 Annie Oakley, sharpshooter, is born in Darke County, Ohio
Religion/Philosophy 01/04/1859 Annual "renting of the pews" at Rev. Beecher's Plymouth Church in Brooklyn brings record return
09/13/1858 Annual New Jersey State Fair opens near Elizabethtown
Crime/Disasters 02/19/1862 Another British mining disaster kills forty-nine, this time in South Wales
Crime/Disasters 08/01/1861 Another great warehouse fire breaks out on the London Docks
Crime/Disasters 06/29/1858 Another great warehouse fire on the London Docks
Campaigns/Elections 09/05/1860 Another huge Republican rally, this time in Jersey City, New Jersey