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Type	Date Span	Title
Cultural	Wed, February 2, 1859	Havelock Ellis, pioneer sexologist, is born in England
Business/Industry	Wed, February 2, 1859	German immigrant William Menger opens his three story hotel in San Antonio, Texas
Foreign	Wed, February 2, 1859	In Indo-China, French and Spanish forces sail from Danang to attempt the capture Saigon
Business/Industry	Thu, February 3, 1859	United States Gold Coinage in 1859, by the numbers
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, February 4, 1859	The Codex Sinaiticus, oldest known complete Bible, discovered in Egypt
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, February 4, 1859	Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation agreed between the United States and Paraguay
Crime/Disasters	Sat, February 5, 1859	Massive fire in Boston destroys new six-story mechanical steam bakery
Cultural	Sun, February 6, 1859	Elias Disney born in Ontario, Canada
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, February 7, 1859	U.S. Army skirmish with the Mescalero Apache in west Texas goes badly
Legal/Political	Mon, February 7, 1859	Iowans criticize John Brown's Missouri raid in Tabor, Iowa
Crime/Disasters	Tue, February 8, 1859	William and Mary College loses its main building to fire
Commercial	Thu, February 10, 1859	The United States Steamboat Inspection Service in 1859, by the numbers
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, February 11, 1859	The Kansas Territorial Legislature calls a Convention to frame a State Constitution
Science/Technology	Sat, February 12, 1859	Charles Darwin, busy in the preparation of his great work on the origin of species, celebrates his fiftieth birthday
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, February 13, 1859	In Texas, the Army recovers a horse herd stolen by Indians
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, February 14, 1859	Oregon admitted to the Union as the 33rd state
Science/Technology	Mon, February 14, 1859	George Washington Ferris, inventor of the Ferris Wheel, born in Galesburg, Illinois
Cultural	Tue, February 15, 1859	Edward Fitzgerald publishes his translation of Omar Khayyám's poetry
Cultural	Wed, February 16, 1859	The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania opens
Cultural	Thu, February 17, 1859	Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Ballo in Maschera (Masked Ball)" is performed for the first time in Rome
Foreign	Thu, February 17, 1859	In Indo-China, French and Spanish forces capture Saigon
Cultural	Thu, February 17, 1859	Washington society hosts a ball in honor of Lord Napier, the retiring British Ambassador
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, February 18, 1859	President Buchanan asks Congress for powers to intervene in Central America to protect U.S. citizens and trade routes
Business/Industry	Tue, February 22, 1859	The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad is formally opened in Missouri
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, February 22, 1859 - Thu, February 24, 1859	The American Sunday School Union holds its third national convention in Philadelphia
Cultural	Tue, February 22, 1859	Washington's Birthday celebrated around the country and in London and Paris
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, February 24, 1859	President Buchanan vetoes bill donating public lands to support state colleges
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, February 27, 1859	First Cavalry fight a small skirmish with Comanche in the Wachita Mountains
Crime/Disasters	Sun, February 27, 1859	Steamboat Princess explodes and sinks on the lower Mississippi with heavy loss of life
Crime/Disasters	Sun, February 27, 1859	Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York murders Philip Barton Key in the street in Washington D.C.