Bernadette Soubirous sees a vision of the Virgin Mary near Lourdes.
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the new capital of Canada.
The world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.
The first American Chess Congress started in New York.
Elisha Otis installed his first commercial elevator at 488 Broadway in New York City, US.
The National Association of Baseball Players was established in New York.
Christchurch, New Zealand, became the colony's first city by royal charter.
Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
Mysterious hoof-like footprints were discovered stretching up to 100 miles (160 km) of snow in Devon, England.
State troopers in Victoria, Australia, killed more than 30 gold miners at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade.
The Battle of Balaclava took place during the Crimean War.
Britain and France defeated Russia during the Battle of Alma, which was the first battle of the Crimean War.
Daniel Halladay patented the self-governing windmill.
Smith and Wesson patented the first metal bullet cartridges.
The plastic shirt collar was patented in the US by Walter Hunt.
The first class of students graduated from the United States Naval Academy.
An earthquake destroyed the city of San Salvador.
The United States bought 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico.
The first recorded potato chip was created by chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
New York City allocated hundreds of acres of land in Manhattan for Central Park.
Levi Strauss was founded.
The Provincial Freeman Anti-slavery newspaper was first published in Ontario, Canada.
Emma Snodgrass was arrested.
Lake Merced, California, was found to have sunk 30 feet (9 meters).
Australia's first university, The University of Sydney, was inaugurated.
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg opens to the public.
London opened the world's first public flushing toilets.
North America's first YMCA was established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The New York Times published its first issue.
Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.
Fruit producer company Dole was founded in Hawaii.
Black women's rights activist Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech 'Ain't I A Woman?' at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
The sixth major fire in San Francisco occurred.
The first Canadian postage stamp went into circulation.
Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Rigoletto, receives its premiere.
The colony of Victoria, Australia, was hit by the Black Thursday bushfires, burning 19,000 square miles.
The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
The British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson became Britain's Poet Laureate.
The fourth great fire of San Francisco happened, destroying a considerable portion of the city.
California became the 31st state to join the United States of America.
Honolulu became an official city.
The Women's College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
The first great fire of early San Francisco started on the east side of the Plaza.
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.
The US held its first poultry show at Boston's Public Garden.
Author Edgar Allan Poe was last seen alive. He was disorientated, lying in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, US.
Austria launched pilotless balloons against the city of Venice, which became the first air raid in history.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
