1

Slavery ends in the Dutch East Indies.

3 30

Pony Express begins between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif. Navaho Indians attack Fort Defiance, AZ.

7 24

1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens Lt. William H. Echols leaves San Antonio with camel train to reconnoiter the portion of western Texas lying between the San Antonio to El Paso road, the Rio Grande, and the Pecos River (20 camels and 25 pack mules used).

8

A series of fires break out in northern Texas leading to a slave panic known as the "Texas Troubles."

6

Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the United States.

20

South Carolina secedes from the Union.