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Type	Date Span	Title
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 10, 1859	Crippled clipper ship limps into Valparaiso harbor in Chile after hitting an iceberg
Foreign	Sat, June 11, 1859	Prince Metternich dies in Vienna
Foreign	Sat, June 11, 1859	In Italy, the pro-Austrian Duke of Modena flees and a provisional government is formed
Business/Industry	Sat, June 11, 1859	Large silver deposits are found in Six Mile Canyon near Virginia City in Nevada
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, June 15, 1859	Lyman Cutlar shoots Charles Griffin's pig on San Juan Island touching off "the Pig War"
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 17, 1859	Searing winds hit Santa Barbara, California, destroying birds, small animals, and all foliage in the town
Foreign	Sat, June 18, 1859	In London, Lord Palmerston returns as Prime Minister of a new Whig-Liberal government
Foreign	Mon, June 20, 1859	In Italy, Papal troops regain control of the dissident city of Perugia
Crime/Disasters	Mon, June 20, 1859 - Fri, July 1, 1859	Weeks of dangerously high temperatures prevail in central California
US/the World	Mon, June 20, 1859	Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria takes personal command of his armies in Italy
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, June 23, 1859	Corpus Christi celebrated
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, June 24, 1859	Battlefield carnage inspires Henri Durant to found what will become the International Red Cross
Foreign	Fri, June 24, 1859	Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Napoleon III meet in battle at Solferino in Italy
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, June 25, 1859	In China, a British attack on the Taku Forts is repulsed with heavy losses
Science/Technology	Mon, June 27, 1859	A Police and Fire Alarm System goes into operation in Baltimore, Maryland
Crime/Disasters	Mon, June 27, 1859	A serious railroad accident in Indiana kills dozens when floods wash away tracks
Cultural	Tue, June 28, 1859 - Wed, June 29, 1859	First ever dog show held at Newcastle in northern England
Business/Industry	Thu, June 30, 1859	The U.S. Post Office reports another record deficit for the year ending June 30, 1859
Education/Culture	Thu, June 30, 1859	Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope for the first time
Education/Culture	Fri, July 1, 1859	Tennyson's newly published Idylls of the King selling strongly in England
Cultural	Fri, July 1, 1859	Amherst beats Williams in the first ever intercollegiate baseball game by a score of 73-22
Legal/Political	Tue, July 5, 1859	A convention assembles in Wyandotte, Kansas to create a Kansas State Constitution
Science/Technology	Tue, July 5, 1859	American merchant captain discovers the Midway Islands
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, July 6, 1859 - Thu, July 28, 1859	The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas
US/the World	Wed, July 6, 1859	Heat soars in Europe to some of the highest temperatures recorded
Foreign	Fri, July 8, 1859	Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Napoleon III of France sign an armistice at Villafranca in Italy
Crime/Disasters	Fri, July 8, 1859	Arizona Territorial delegate Sylvester Mowry fights duel with Arizona newspaperman E. E. Cross
Slavery/Abolition	Sat, July 9, 1859	In Britain a legal judgment confirms that no British subject or company may own or sell slaves abroad
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, July 9, 1859	Ninth U.S. Infantry troops under Captain George Picket occupy San Juan Island as the "Pig War" escalates
Science/Technology	Tue, July 12, 1859	Baltimore's first streetcar goes into operation on Broadway in the city