Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1859. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported...

The 1859 revival may refer to a number of different Christian revivals: 1859 Ulster revival 1859 Welsh revival The 1857–59 revival in the United States...

Africa, was fought from Spain's declaration of war on Morocco on 22 October 1859 until the Treaty of Wad-Ras on 26 April 1860. It began with a conflict over...

legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1858 and 1859, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...

Events from the year 1859 in art. March 22 – Scottish National Gallery opens to the public in Edinburgh in neoclassical premises designed by W. H. Playfair...

The year 1859 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. May 26 & June 2 – Geologist Joseph Prestwich and amateur archaeologist...

1859 Kovalevskaya, provisional designation 1972 RS2, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 40 kilometers...

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between...

(SNCOs) of the United States Marine Corps. The NCO sword was adopted in 1859 and is patterned after the United States Army's foot officers' sword of 1850...