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Foreign King Victor-Emmanuel of Piedmont-Sardinia explains the transfer of Nice and Savoy to France
Religion/Philosophy Palm Sunday
Lawmaking/Litigating Virginia State legislature finishes its 1859-1860 session
Campaigns/Elections Republicans sweep state elections in Connecticut
Campaigns/Elections Arkansas Democratic Convention meets in Little Rock
US/the World - In Arizona, an unauthorized convention meets to form a provisional government
Foreign Carlist forces land in Catalonia and declare the pretender Don Carlos as rightful King of Spain
Foreign Pretoria becomes capital of the South African Republic
Business/Industry The Pony Express begins its first run
Lawmaking/Litigating Local officials foil U.S. Senate attempt to arrest Frank Sanborn for failure to appear to testify on Harpers Ferry
Campaigns/Elections Conservative Republican defeats the official Republican nominee in race for Rhode Island governor
Education/Culture In England, George Eliot publishes her new novel
Foreign Rebellion in Sicily against the Bourbon throne breaks out in Palermo
Slavery/Abolition Book-burning takes place in South Carolina during trial of man for circulating anti-slavery literature
Personal Edward Warren appointed professor of medicine at University of Maryland Medical School
US/the World Count Cavour, prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, assures Switzerland over the transfer of Nice to France
Education/Culture In Boston, Henry Longfellow begins to write his famous poem, "Paul Revere's Ride"
US/the World The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs San Francisco for Panama
Personal W.K. Kellogg born in Battle Creek, Michigan
Religion/Philosophy Passover begins
Foreign Plans for the plebiscite on the transfer of Nice and Savoy from Piedmont-Sardinia to France are published
Business/Industry The eastward and westward riders of the first run of the Pony Express cross paths somewhere in Utah
Crime/Disasters - Heavy rains cause flooding and damage in Pennsylvania and Ohio
Religion/Philosophy Easter Sunday
Crime/Disasters Earthquake strikes Haiti west of Port Au Prince
Science/Technology In Paris, French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville makes the first known recording of a human voice
Campaigns/Elections - Missouri Democratic Party Convention meets in Jefferson City
Slavery/Abolition In Virginia, Richmond police raid secret meeting of African-American group called "The Sons of Ham"
US/the World Switzerland once again protests the transfer of Nice and Savoy from Piedmont-Sardinia to France
Lawmaking/Litigating House of Representatives passes the Kansas Statehood Bill and sends it to the Senate