11/21/1859
British passenger ship hits the Nova Scotia coast and is lost along with twenty-seven lives Crime/Disasters
01/12/1861
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, a killer fire devastates two blocks in the heart of the business district Crime/Disasters
02/16/1862
New steamship bound for Canada with British government supplies sinks in a storm in mid-Atlantic Crime/Disasters
07/28/1860
On his North American tour, the Prince of Wales stops at Sydney on Cape Breton en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia US/the World
07/30/1860
On the first leg of his North American tour, the Prince of Wales arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia US/the World
07/31/1860
- 08/01/1860
On the first leg of his North American tour, the Prince of Wales visits Halifax, Nova Scotia US/the World
08/26/1860
The S.S. Great Eastern arrives back in Britain after her first trans-Atlantic voyage Business/Industry
08/16/1860
The S.S. Great Eastern sails from New York for home after her first visit to the United States Business/Industry
