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Victoria Station opened

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Governor of St. Petersburg shot

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Formation of People’s Will

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Assassination of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia

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launch of UK Penny Post

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Babbage’s Difference Engine no. 1 completed

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Scheutz’s Difference Engine

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Grant’s Difference Engine

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Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms

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Royal Mail steamships introduced on Atlantic routes

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