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Historical Events in April 1858

  • Apr 10 "Big Ben", a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
  • Apr 12 1st US billiards championship, Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit

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Apr 14 Abolitionist John Brown meets Harriet Tubman at a Constitutional Convention convened in Chatham, Ontario

Abolitionist John Brown
Abolitionist
John Brown
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist
Harriet Tubman
  • Apr 15 Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists
  • Apr 16 The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up

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