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Type	Date Span	Title
Legal/Political	Fri, April 15, 1859	Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Simeon Bushnell is found guilty in a Cleveland federal court
Foreign	Fri, April 15, 1859	The British court-martial Tatya Tope, one of the last leaders of the Indian Rebellion to be captured
Foreign	Fri, April 15, 1859	Oxford wins the traditional University Boat Race on the Thames when the Cambridge boat sinks
Education/Culture	Sat, April 16, 1859	The cornerstone of the Peabody Institute is laid in Baltimore, Maryland
Education/Culture	Sat, April 16, 1859	Alexis de Tocqueville dies at Cannes in France
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, April 17, 1859	Palm Sunday riot in Panama brings hundreds of U.S. sailors ashore to protect American residents
Foreign	Mon, April 18, 1859	The British execute Tatya Tope, one of the last and most intrepid leaders of the Indian Rebellion to be captured
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, April 18, 1859	The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston opens in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, April 18, 1859 - Sat, April 23, 1859	The trial of Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key continues in Washington D.C.
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, April 19, 1859	Passover begins
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, April 19, 1859 - Mon, May 9, 1859	The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston continues in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio
Cultural	Wed, April 20, 1859	Bayard Taylor, the famous American travel writer, announces he will report exclusively for the New York Mercury
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, April 22, 1859	Good Friday
Foreign	Sat, April 23, 1859	Austria demands that Sardinia-Piedmont disarm, and issues a three-day ultimatum
Foreign	Sat, April 23, 1859 - Mon, April 25, 1859	French troops are starting to depart Paris for Italy to confront the Austrians
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sun, April 24, 1859	The trial of Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key continues in Washington D.C.
Crime/Disasters	Sun, April 24, 1859	Steamboat disaster on the Mississippi River with scores dead
Personal	Mon, April 25, 1859	Seven foot nine inch tall James D. Porter, "the Kentucky Giant," dies in his sleep, aged 49
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, April 25, 1859	Congressman Daniel Sickles is acquitted in his trial for the murder of Philip Barton Key
Science/Technology	Mon, April 25, 1859	Chicago's first streetcar line goes into operation on State Street
Foreign	Mon, April 25, 1859	In Egypt work is begun on the construction of the Suez Canal
Foreign	Tue, April 26, 1859	France tells Austria war on Piedmont-Sardinia would mean war with France
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, April 26, 1859	Passover ends
Foreign	Tue, April 26, 1859	French troops protecting the Papal State order all demonstrations against the Vatican halted
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, April 27, 1859	Pope Pius IX issues an encyclical calling for prayers for peace among Catholic nations
Foreign	Wed, April 27, 1859	Piedmont-Sardinia rejects Austria's call to disarm
US/the World	Wed, April 27, 1859	Italian nationalists in Florence overthrow the Hapsburg Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany
Legal/Political	Thu, April 28, 1859	José Marta Mata presents his credentials in Washington as minister from the recently recognized Juarez government of Mexico
Crime/Disasters	Thu, April 28, 1859	An American emigrant ship is wrecked on the Irish coast with almost 400 lives lost
US/the World	Fri, April 29, 1859	The Austrian Empire declares war on Sardinia-Piedmont