1859
This page lists news articles and events for the year 1859.
Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.
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- [September 1 to September 2
- Event: September 1859 Geomagnetic Storm caused by a Coronal Mass Ejection lights up the sky like dawn, and causes sparks to shoot out of telegraph machinery.
October
- Adele Brise of Champion, Wisconsin sees an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- October 16
- Event: Abolitionist John Brown and a small group of followers seize the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- October 18:
- Event: Abolitionist John Brown captured after a three-day siege at Harper's Ferry.
November
- November 2:
- Event: Abolitionist John Brown found guilty of murder, conspiring with slaves to rebel, and treason against the state of Virginia; and is sentenced to hang.
December
- December 2:
- Event: Abolitionist John Brown executed by the State of Virginia for his raid on Harpers Ferry.
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