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Type	Date Span	Title
Crime/Disasters	Sat, July 10, 1858	City Marshal of Lexington, Kentucky dies in the performance of his duty
Crime/Disasters	Mon, July 12, 1858	Massive explosion and fire at a fireworks factory in London
Crime/Disasters	Tue, July 13, 1858	Mining disaster in Pennsylvania
Legal/Political	Wed, July 14, 1858	Turkish admiral ends his visit to United States
Crime/Disasters	Fri, July 16, 1858	Five killed in Erie Railroad accident in upstate New York
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, July 17, 1858	United States signs a commercial treaty with Belgium in Washington, D.C.
Personal	Sat, July 17, 1858	John Anthony Quitman, Mexican War general and Mississippi advocate of secession, dies on his plantation in Natchez
Business/Industry	Mon, July 19, 1858	Boston-built steam yacht delivered to the Viceroy of Egypt
Foreign	Tue, July 20, 1858	Napoleon III of France and Count Cavour of Piedmont meet in secret in southern France to plot war with Austria
Cultural	Tue, July 20, 1858	Admission charged to a Baseball Park for the first time
Crime/Disasters	Fri, July 23, 1858	American sailing vessel capsizes during a gale and fifteen passengers and crew are lost
Foreign	Sun, July 25, 1858 - Mon, July 26, 1858	H.M.S. Cyclops bombards Jeddah
Foreign	Mon, July 26, 1858	Lionel de Rothschild finally takes his seat in the British Parliament
Dickinsonian	Thu, July 29, 1858	Former Dickinson College president Jeremiah Atwater dies, aged eighty-five
Crime/Disasters	Mon, August 2, 1858	Train crash in upstate New York kills and injures many passengers.
Crime/Disasters	Mon, August 2, 1858	Fire completely destroys the Antwerp Bourse
Foreign	Mon, August 2, 1858	Great Britain replaces the East India Company as the official ruler of India and ends the Indian Mutiny
Foreign	Wed, August 4, 1858 - Thu, August 5, 1858	Queen Victoria visits France
Personal	Thu, August 5, 1858	Alexis Soyer, the most famous chef in Europe, dies in London
Crime/Disasters	Wed, August 11, 1858	Fatal accident on the New York Central Railroad
Education/Culture	Wed, August 11, 1858	The National Teachers' Association holds its first convention
Crime/Disasters	Fri, August 13, 1858	Fire at the Illinois State Prison
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, August 15, 1858	The cornerstone of New York City's new Catholic cathedral, Saint Patrick's, is laid
Personal	Tue, August 17, 1858	William Graham, former U.S. Congressman, dies at his farm near Vallonia, Indiana
US/the World	Thu, August 19, 1858	Nicaragua adopts a new constitution
Foreign	Thu, August 19, 1858	Japan signs a commercial treaty with Russia
Slavery/Abolition	Sat, August 21, 1858	U.S. Navy captures American slaveship with 318 slaves aboard
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, August 21, 1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their first debate in Ottawa, Illinois
Crime/Disasters	Mon, August 23, 1858 - Tue, August 24, 1858	Passenger ship bound for Australia catches fire in the South Atlantic, six hundred miles from land
US/the World	Thu, August 26, 1858	The Treaty of Yedo is signed between Japan and Britain