National Black Convention
Jul 6 National Black convention meets in Rochester NY, ex-slave Frederick Douglass attends
- Jul 6 William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel", 1st novel by an African American
Perry Sails into Tokyo Bay
Jul 8 Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade
World's Fair Opens in NYC
Jul 14 US President Franklin Pierce opens the "Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations" (a World's Fair), at the Crystal Palace in New York City (now site of Bryant Park)
- Jul 18 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal
NY Central Park Created
Jul 21 Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island
- Jul 25 Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californian bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed by California Rangers
First Surgery Under Kerosene Lamp
Jul 31 First night time surgery performed at Lychakiv Hospital in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine), using new kerosene oil lamps invented by Ignacy Łukasiewicz [1]
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