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Type	Date Span	Title
Slavery/Abolition	Thu, May 19, 1859	The Vicksburg Convention focusing on the slave trade closes with a vote to end restrictions on the African slave trade
Cultural	Fri, May 20, 1859	Horace Greeley arrives in Lawrence, Kansas on his tour of the West
Foreign	Fri, May 20, 1859	In Italy, Austrian forces cross the Po River but are checked by French railway-borne reinforcements
Cultural	Sun, May 22, 1859	Arthur Conan Doyle is born in Edinburgh
Foreign	Sun, May 22, 1859	King "Bomba" dies in his palace in Caserta in Italy, aged forty-nine
Foreign	Mon, May 23, 1859	Giuseppe Garibaldi leads his volunteers into north-western Lombardy and advances to Lake Maggiore
Foreign	Tue, May 24, 1859	Giuseppe Garibaldi leads his volunteers into north-western Lombardy and forces the Austrians from Varese
Science/Technology	Wed, May 25, 1859	Charles Darwin begins the final editing of his great work on evolution
Crime/Disasters	Thu, May 26, 1859	Fire destroys several official buildings in Dubuque, Iowa
Crime/Disasters	Thu, May 26, 1859	Tornadoes strike Morgan County, Illinois, destroying farmhouses and killing at least eight
Foreign	Fri, May 27, 1859	Giuseppe Garibaldi leads his volunteers into north-western Lombardy and takes Como
Science/Technology	Sat, May 28, 1859	Underwater telegraph line down the Red Sea from Suez to Aden is completed
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, May 28, 1859	Governor Wickliffe of Louisiana orders the disbanding of civilian Vigilance Committees in the state.
Education/Culture	Mon, May 30, 1859	President Buchanan sets out for the University of North Carolina to give the Commencement Address
Crime/Disasters	Wed, June 1, 1859	In Kansas, a severe drought that will become the "Great Drought of 1860" starts to set in
Personal	Wed, June 1, 1859	Eustace Conway, first son of Moncure Conway, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 3, 1859 - Sun, June 5, 1859	Weeks of heavy rainfall bring serious flooding to the upper Mississippi
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 3, 1859	Joseph Charless, bank president and leading citizen of St Louis, Missouri is shot in the street
Crime/Disasters	Sat, June 4, 1859 - Sun, June 5, 1859	An unprecedented late spring frost causes massive crop damage across the northern United States
Foreign	Sat, June 4, 1859	In Italy, French forces advance on Magenta where they defeat the main Austrian army
Crime/Disasters	Sat, June 4, 1859	Joseph Charless, leading citizen of St Louis, Missouri dies of his wounds after being shot in the street
Crime/Disasters	Sun, June 5, 1859	Steamship bound for Glasgow from New York strikes an iceberg off of Newfoundland
Crime/Disasters	Mon, June 6, 1859	Steamship that struck an iceberg reaches port safely after a thirty-hour struggle
Cultural	Mon, June 6, 1859	Horace Greeley arrives in Denver on his tour of the West
Foreign	Mon, June 6, 1859	In Australia the British Crown colony of Queensland is created from northern parts of New South Wales
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, June 7, 1859	Kansas elects the delegates for its consitutional convention to be held in July at Wyandotte
Foreign	Wed, June 8, 1859	Napoleon III and King Victor-Emmanuel enter Milan in triumph
US/the World	Wed, June 8, 1859	King Oscar I of Sweden dies in Stockholm
Slavery/Abolition	Thu, June 9, 1859	Maryland holds a Slaveholder's Convention with representatives from almost every county
US/the World	Fri, June 10, 1859	In London, Lord Derby's attempt to form a new government is defeated