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Type	Date Span	Title
Science/Technology	Fri, April 29, 1859	Brooklyn celebrates the completion of its ambitious scheme to supply the city with running water
Education/Culture	Sat, April 30, 1859	Charles Dickens begins publication of his "The Tale of Two Cities"
Foreign	Sun, May 1, 1859	Five Austrian army corps have crossed into Piedmont and occupy large areas north of the Po River
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 1, 1859	Prayers of thanksgiving made in all British churches for the success in putting down the Indian Mutiny
Foreign	Mon, May 2, 1859	Italy in 1859, by the numbers
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, May 2, 1859	Long-range patrol in force from the Second Cavalry defeats Comanche war party in south Texas
US/the World	Tue, May 3, 1859	French Emperor Napoleon III issues his official declaration of war on the Austrian Empire
Science/Technology	Tue, May 3, 1859	Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar in the west of England is officially opened
US/the World	Thu, May 5, 1859	With the Treaty of Caracas, Brazil and Venezuela agree on their Amazonian border
Foreign	Fri, May 6, 1859	Alexander von Humboldt dies in Berlin
Personal	Fri, May 6, 1859	Joseph Brown Smith, the first fully blind American college graduate, dies in Louisville, Kentucky
US/the World	Sat, May 7, 1859	Senator Seward sails for Europe on a mission to "recruit his health" and study "Old World" institutions
Slavery/Abolition	Sun, May 8, 1859	Fugitive slave stowaway Columbus Jones arrives in chains at Hyannis, Massachusetts
Cultural	Mon, May 9, 1859	Horace Greeley sets off from New York on his tour of the West
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, May 9, 1859	A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade opens in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, May 9, 1859	Fugitive slave stowaway Columbus Jones returned to the South from Massachusetts
Business/Industry	Mon, May 9, 1859 - Thu, May 19, 1859	The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda
Legal/Political	Tue, May 10, 1859	Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston is found guilty under the Fugitive Slave Law in Cleveland
Foreign	Tue, May 10, 1859 - Thu, May 12, 1859	French Emperor Napoleon III travels from Paris to Genoa to take command of the French troops in Italy
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, May 10, 1859 - Wed, May 18, 1859	A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Business/Industry	Tue, May 10, 1859	Prospector makes the richest gold discovery yet in Colorado
Slavery/Abolition	Wed, May 11, 1859	Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Simeon Bushnell is sentenced to sixty days in jail for violation of the Fugitive Slave Law
Women/Families	Thu, May 12, 1859	Ninth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City
Legal/Political	Thu, May 12, 1859	Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston is sentenced to twenty days in jail
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, May 13, 1859	Second Cavalry units under Major Earl Van Dorn defeat hostile Comanche in the northern Indian Territory
Cultural	Sun, May 15, 1859	Horace Greeley arrives in Kansas on his tour of the West
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, May 16, 1859	Governor Whiteaker convenes the legislature of the new state of Oregon for the first time
Crime/Disasters	Mon, May 16, 1859	Fire destroys a large part of Key West, Florida with 110 houses burned
Foreign	Tue, May 17, 1859	In Paris, the French Loan called to fund with Austria is massively over-subscribed
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, May 18, 1859	The Republican Party is organized in Kansas at a Convention in Osawatomie