Safety Pin
Apr 10 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $400
Dostoyevsky Arrested
Apr 23 Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and members of the Petrashevsky Circle are arrested in St. Petersburg
- Apr 25 The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
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