A Reform Convention with representatives from all over Canada met in Toronto to discuss the future of a federation of the various provinces.  A compromise was worked out between Upper and Lower Canada for a loose federation but this was lost when Parliament later took up the issue and a federal Canada remained as distant as ever.  (By John Osborne)   

The American merchant ship Flora Temple struck a reef in the Indian Ocean and foundered in heavy seas.  With a crew of around fifty and around 850 Chinese emigrant passengers aboard, the vessel had sailed from Macao six days before.  Many of the crew largely attempted to save themselves and survived a two-week ordeal in open boats.  None of the Chinese passengers were found alive.  (By John Osborne)

A national day of thanksgiving called by the Governor-General for the abundant agricultural harvest in the country is celebrated all over Canada.  The harvest of 1858 had been very poor and had caused much suffering, so the rebound for Canada's foodstuffs was doubly welcome.  (By John Osborne) 

The famous trotting horse Flora Temple once again broke the world record for the mile distance in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Driven by James D. McMann at a pace of just over two minutes and nineteen seconds, she lowered her own record set earlier in the month in Cincinnati by more than a second.  (By John Osborne)

The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of German poet Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was marked with celebrations in German, the United States, and the United Kingdom.  In London, for example, a torchlight procession of around 15,000 people, most of them ex-patriot Germans was held at the Crystal Palace.  (By John Osborne)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, celebrated his eighteenth birthday and became eligible to rule without restrictions should he ascend to the throne.  He was to wait, famously, for a half century for that honor as his mother, Queen Victoria, did not die until 1901. (By John Osborne)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, began his first term at Oxford as a member of Christ Church College in October 1859.  He was to spend several terms as student, living with his aide-come-chaperone Colonel Bruce in a house on the university grounds known as Frewen Hall. (By John Osborne)

An enraged crowd at Palma in Italy murdered Colonel Luigi Anviti, a former head of the military commission of the Duchy of Palma, who had attempted to escape the city in disguise.  Anviti was considered to be the hated head of enforcement for the regime in the duchy that had come to an end with the defeat of the Austrians earlier in the year.  (By John Osborne)