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Crime/Disasters Small earthquake strikes San Francisco Bay but with no damage or injuries
Battles/Soldiers John Brown and his surviving raiders are taken to Charlestown, Virginia under heavy guard
Foreign With Vietnamese resistance continuing, the French commander in Indo-China asks to be relieved
Lawmaking/Litigating - John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown, Virginia pending trial
Cultural John Dewey, American philosoper and reformer, born in Vermont
Crime/Disasters Explosion at the Du Pont Powder Mills in Delaware kills seven
Foreign The Spanish-Moroccan War begins in earnest
Crime/Disasters - Fire destroys a large section of New Orleans' thriving Fourth District
Science/Technology Louis Agassiz donates his collections to the new Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lawmaking/Litigating John Brown appears before a Virginia court for the first time
Education/Culture All-England Cricket team wind up their United States tour with a victory in Rochester, New York
Crime/Disasters - Massive storms batter the western coast of the British Isles and cause hundreds of deaths
Lawmaking/Litigating John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown pending trial before a Virginia court
Lawmaking/Litigating - John Brown stands trial in Charlestown, Virginia
Slavery/Abolition - Mob destroys the office of Abolitionist newspaper in Newport, Kentucky
Personal John Young Mason buried in Richmond, Virginia
Crime/Disasters Train derailment in Wisconsin kills ten people and injures many more
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
Personal Francis Hall arrives in Yokohama, Japan
Science/Technology New Cape Lookout Lighthouse lit for the first time on North Carolina coast
Legal/Political At the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, Wendell Phillips praises John Brown in a speech
Lawmaking/Litigating New Georgia legislature assembles in Milledgeville
Legal/Political The Commonwealth of Virginia sentences John Brown to death
Campaigns/Elections Widespread violence in Baltimore as the state elections are held
US/the World Abundant Canadian harvest celebrated with a day of thanksgiving across the country
Crime/Disasters Another large fire strikes New Orleans leaving five hundred homeless
Crime/Disasters Fire destroys large cotton mill in Concord, New Hampshire
Business/Industry Meeting in Kentucky protests the economic domination of the East Coast
Legal/Political John Copeland, African-American Harpers Ferry raider, convicted in Charlestown, Virginia
Crime/Disasters Fire destroys part of central Bath in upstate New York