Record Data Place Unit Type Nation Containing Unit India Events Date Type 12/23/1863 British author William Makepeace Thackeray dies suddenly at his home in London, aged fifty-two Personal 03/21/1862 British captain and two of his men recapture the Emily St. Pierre from its U.S. Navy prize crew US/the World 03/18/1862 British ship Emily St. Pierre seized off the South Carolina coast and sent as a prize to Philadelphia US/the World 03/12/1862 In British India, Lord Elgin arrives in Calcutta to take up his duties as Viceroy US/the World 10/06/1866 In India, the Anglican bishop of Calcutta falls into the Ganges and is swept away and drowned. Crime/Disasters 10/05/1864 In West Bengal, a powerful and deadly cyclone strikes the Indian port city of Kolkata Crime/Disasters People Documents Date Title 08/17/1857 New York Times, “The Indian War,” August 18, 1857 Images
