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* [[June 24]] - Battle of [[Solferino]] ([[Battle of the Three Sovereigns]]) [[Sardinia]] and [[Napoleon III]] of France defeat [[Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary]] in northern [[Italy]]

* [[July 11]] - ''A Tale Of Two Cities'' by [[Charles Dickens]] is published

* [[August 27]] - [[Edwin Drake]] drills the first [[oil well]] in the [[United States]], near [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]]

* [[September 17]] - [[Joshua A. Norton]] proclaims himself "Emperor of These United States"

* [[November 19]] - Opera "[[Genveieve de Brabant]]", composed by [[Jacques Offenbach]] debuts at the Theatre de Bouffes Parisians in Paris.