01/11/1866
British ship bound for Australia with 250 souls aboard sinks in the Bay of Biscay and all but 19 are lost Crime/Disasters
04/01/1859
Clipper ship bound for Liverpool from Australia hits an iceberg Crime/Disasters
06/10/1859
Crippled clipper ship limps into Valparaiso harbor in Chile after hitting an iceberg Crime/Disasters
10/25/1859
- 10/26/1859
Massive storms batter the western coast of the British Isles and cause hundreds of deaths Crime/Disasters
11/23/1852
Six tons of bullion from the new Australian goldfields arrives in London Business/Industry
01/21/1863
With great ceremony, Australian explorers Burke and Wills are buried in Melbourne, Australia Education/Culture
