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Foreign Piedmont-Sardinia annexes Emilia as the unification of Italy increases pace
Personal William H. Bissell becomes the first Illinois governor to die in office
US/the World First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs Hawaii for San Francisco
Crime/Disasters Large boiler explosion in Detroit, Michigan results remarkably in no serious injuries
Personal William Jennings Bryan born in Marion County, Illinois
Lawmaking/Litigating Lieutenant-Governor Wood sworn in as Governor of Illinois after the death of William Bissell
Science/Technology First day of Spring
Lawmaking/Litigating United States signs extradition treaty with Sweden and Norway
Foreign Piedmont-Sardinia annexes Tuscany as the unification of Italy increases pace
Foreign Spanish win crushing victory over Moroccan forces
Religion/Philosophy The Muslim feast of Ramadan begins
Business/Industry Clipper ship sails from New York to San Francisco in record time
US/the World Pro-Western Japanese leader assassinated
US/the World The treaty annexing Savoy and Nice is signed in Turin
Foreign From Germany, the Grand Duke of Tuscany protests the annexation of his province
Foreign Spanish force Moroccan authorities to accept an armistice and begin peace negotiations
Religion/Philosophy Pope Pius IX decrees excommunication for "sinful insurrection" in the Papal States during 1859
Battles/Soldiers First railroad track ever laid in Kansas put down
Science/Technology The corkscrew receives its first United States patent
Campaigns/Elections Constitutional Union Party begins its presidential campaign in Boston
Slavery/Abolition Failed rescue in Philadelphia of a Virginia fugitive being returned to slavery
Campaigns/Elections Kansas Democrats choose Stephen Douglas as their candidate for President
Crime/Disasters Another New York City tenement fire kills two women and eight children
Slavery/Abolition - Daniel Worth convicted of selling Helper's inflammatory anti-slavery book in North Carolina
US/the World Queen Isabella of Spain approves the preliminary terms of a punitive treaty against Morocco
US/the World First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in California
Personal Last survivor of the 1778 Wyoming Massacre dies in Ohio
Crime/Disasters Kentucky Military Institute partially destroyed by fire
US/the World - The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States hosted in San Francisco
Foreign King Victor-Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia explains the transfer of Nice and Savoy to France