1859

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1858 1859 1860

Events

• France begins construction of the Suez Canal.
• Battle of Solferino.
• Romania is established through the union of the voivodeships of Moldova and Muntenia. Prince Alexendru Ioan Cuza becomes its first ruler.
• Former President Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Mrs Grant visit Tokyo.
• Francisco Ferrer is born.
• Alexis de Tocqueville dies.

Timeline

• March 22: John Fletcher Pershing marries Ann Elizabeth Thompson. They produce John Joseph Pershing on September 13, 1860.
• November 24: Charles Darwin's Origin of Soecies is published. The first run of 1,250 copies sells out the first day.