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Historical Event(s)
– The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
– The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
– Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker’s filibusters are holed up.
– Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
– John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
– The Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, kills over 60 people.
– The Tianjing Incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
– The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
– American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
– The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg’s unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
Who Were Born On ?
– R. C. Lehmann, English writer (d. 1929)
– Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (d. 1934)
– Toru Dutt, English and French poet and author (d. 1877)
– Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
– Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
– L. Frank Baum, American author (d. 1919)
– H. Rider Haggard, English writer (d. 1925)
– Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
– Diamond Jim Brady, American financier (d. 1917)
– Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929)