Charles Dickens gave his first public reading.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
The Manchester Martyrs of the IRA were hung in front of 10,000 people at Salford Gaol, Manchester, UK.
The first issue of women's fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar was published.
The US bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Nebraska became the 37th state to join the United States of America.
