1860Events March 6 Abraham Lincoln speaks against slavery in New Haven, Connecticut April 3 The Pony Express makes its first run. May 9 The Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. May 13 Batt - The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS WarriorFour ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior . The first Warrior was a third-rate ship of the line of 74 guns, launched in 1781, a receiving ship after 1818, and broken up 1857. The second Warrior was the first ironclad ocean-going armoured ba is launched.
1876Events January events January 31 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. February events February 2 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. February 14 Alexander Graham Bell a - The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disasterThe worst train disaster in America up to that point occurred in Ohio on 29 December 1876, 7:28 p. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Train No. 5, The Pacific Express left a snowy Chicago on the afternoon of December 29, 1876. As The Pacific Express plowe, 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, OhioAshtabula is a city located in Ashtabula County, Ohio. A major location on the Underground Railroad in the middle 19th century, the city today is major coal port on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River northeast of Cleveland. The name Ashtabula m.
1890Events January 2 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U. White House. January 25 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 Leon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest - The United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in Seventh Cavalry massacres over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
