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Type	Date Span	Title
Foreign	Tue, November 29, 1859	Jews in Hungary gain the right to marry without state permission
Cultural	Tue, November 29, 1859	The fifteen year old Sarah Bernhardt enters the Paris Conservatory
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, November 29, 1859	Governor Wise takes over the Winchester and Potomac Railroad in preparation for the execution of John Brown
Legal/Political	Wed, November 30, 1859	End of the Fiscal Year
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, November 30, 1859	Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in Elwood at the start of a five day speaking tour in Kansas
Crime/Disasters	Wed, November 30, 1859	The number of prisoners in Indiana state prisons reaches a peak
Legal/Political	Wed, November 30, 1859	John Brown writes his last letter to his family
Legal/Political	Wed, November 30, 1859	South Carolina statehouse raises the idea of a "Southern Confederacy"
Education/Culture	Thu, December 1, 1859	The French Opera House opens in New Orleans
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, December 1, 1859	Pennsylvania has a public debt of more than thirty-eight million dollars
Crime/Disasters	Thu, December 1, 1859	Two merchant vessels collide in the Straits of Mackinaw in Michigan and five seaman are lost
Crime/Disasters	Fri, December 2, 1859	Small passenger ship bound for New Haven sunk in early morning collision
Personal	Fri, December 2, 1859	Virginia executes John Brown
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, December 2, 1859	Abraham Lincoln tests his speech on slavery during a visit to Atchison, Kansas
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, December 3, 1859 - Mon, December 5, 1859	Abraham Lincoln finishes his five day speaking tour in Kansas with two speeches in Leavenworth
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, December 3, 1859	The U.S. Post Office in Virginia City, Nevada is established
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, December 4, 1859	First Sunday in Advent
Business/Industry	Sun, December 4, 1859	The Italian Committee of New York visits Samuel Colt seeking arms for Garibaldi
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 5, 1859	The 36th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 5, 1859	Members of the House of Representatives meet to elect a Speaker
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, December 6, 1859	Militia called out to ensure a peaceful mayoral election in New York City
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, December 6, 1859	Charles Robinson elected governor of Kansas in first election held under the Wyandotte Constitution
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, December 6, 1859 - Sun, June 24, 1860	The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C.
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, December 7, 1859	Abraham Lincoln leaves for home after his short Kansas speaking tour
Personal	Thu, December 8, 1859	Thomas De Quincey, the English author and opium eater, dies in Edinburgh
Crime/Disasters	Thu, December 8, 1859 - Fri, December 9, 1859	A heavy earthquake strikes San Salvador in Central America
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, December 9, 1859	The Episcopal Church moves to establish itself in the Hawaiian Islands
Crime/Disasters	Sat, December 10, 1859	Heavy earthquake after-shocks felt in San Salvador
Legal/Political	Sat, December 10, 1859	Mayor of Philadelphia warns of rioting should abolitionist speech go ahead
Education/Culture	Sat, December 10, 1859	Ateneo de Manila University is founded in the Philippines