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1850's Fashion
1850's marked the birth of the Victorian dress reform movement, when New England temperance activist Libby Miller adopted what she considered a more rational costume: loose trousers gathered at the ankles, topped by a short dress or skirt and vest. The style was promoted by editor Amelia Bloomer and was immediately christened a Bloomer suit by the press. Despite its practicality, the Bloomer suit was the subject of much ridicule in the press and had little impact on mainstream fashion. -
First woman to have her name entered on the General Medical Council's Medical Register
January 1, 1859 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to have her name entered on the General Medical Council's Medical Register, under a clause in the Medical Act 1858 that recognized doctors with foreign degrees. -
First steambosts sail!
Jan 5th1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River -
Daniel Sickles
February 27 1859 U.S. Congressman Daniel Sickles shoots Philip Barton Key for having an affair with his wife. -
"Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
Today, the S.S. Pomona lies in 27- to 40-feet of water in Fort Ross cove, with the bow broken over the wash rock where she ran aground. The disarticulated bow section includes her hull superstructure, the ships hawse holes, and a hatch cover. Beyond the wash rock, the hull retains an outline of her original shape, as the decking slopes downward from the shallow rock to the midship area. The starboard Scotch boiler remains in it's approximate original location on the ship, while the port boiler h -
Charles Dickens published his first issue.
April 30, 1859 Charles Dickens publishes the first issue of his new magazine All the Year Round which The Haunted House was published through. -
A Tale Of Two Cities
Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical All the Year Round, continues in weekly installments until Nov 26 -
The Cornwall Railway
The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. -
Moutain Meadows Massacre
The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks culminated on September 11, 1859, with the mass slaughter of most in the emigrant party by members of the Utah Territorial Militia from the Iron County district, together with some Paiute Indians. -
NC Lighthouse
The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time
