June 1859 in History

Events in History

Victory in Battle

Jun 4 Second Italian War of Independence: Battle of Magenta, results in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III over the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai

Jun 6 Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
Jun 12 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered, first major silver discovery in the US
Jun 15 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers

Victory in Battle

Jun 24 Battle of Solferino, Northern Italy: a French Army under Napoleon III and a Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II overcomes the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz Joseph I

Jun 28 1st dog show held, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Jun 30 French acrobat Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope

Birthdays in History

Jun 8 Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure, born in Menston, Yorkshire, England (d. 1947)
Jun 10 Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1881)

Thomas J. Walsh

Jun 12 Thomas J. Walsh, United States Senator (Montana), born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin (d. 1933)

Jun 21 Henry Ossawa Tanner, American artist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1937)
Jun 23 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)