- Manning heads to Rome in January to stop Newman's university plans.
- Propaganda issues a rescript in February putting a halt on Newman's Oxford scheme.
- Publication of the Dream of Gerontius.
| - Foundation of the Salvation Army in London.
- Publication of Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
| - End of the American Civil War.
- 13th Amendment passes abolishing slavery in America.
- President Abraham Lincoln assassinated, Vice-President Andrew Robinson suceeds as 17th President of the United States..
- US Secret Service established.
- The first New York Stock Exchange opened.
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