1859 in the United States

1859
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:

Events from the year 1859 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January–March

  • January 1 Minting of Indian Head cent begins.
  • January 10 Lucy Cobb Institute opens in Athens, Georgia.
  • January 28 The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Territory of Washington.
  • February 14 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state (see History of Oregon).
  • February 27 U.S. Congressman Daniel Sickles shoots Philip Barton Key for having an affair with his wife.
  • March 21 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issues the charter establishing the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, the first organization of its kind in the United States and founder of the nation's first zoo.

April–June

  • June 8 The discovery of the Comstock Lode in the western Utah Territory (present-day Nevada) sets off a rush of prospectors to the area.
  • June 15 The so-called Pig War border dispute between the Americans and the British on the San Juan Islands begins by the death of the namesake pig.

July–September

October–December

The Last Moments of John Brown by Thomas Hovenden, 1882–1884

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

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