5 events found for 1859
The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and
French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers
Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush, the…
A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense…
Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton (pictured) distributed letters…