First long distance telegraph message from Washington D. C. to Baltimore and back. Karl Marx has been exiled from Cologne for his writings. He moves to Paris where he meets Frederich Engels. YMCA founded in London. Guardia Civil created in Spain.
German process reduces price of wood pulp newsprint.
An act to create a new parish in the County of Attakapas to be called the Parish of Vermilion. When George was still young his father lost most of his money when two steamboats he had invested in burned and sank on the river. The elder Cable sent his family north with relatives until he could recoup his fortune. He died soon after from a fall. While working a clerk's job young Cable saw the Union ships coming up the river and slipped out of town to join a Confederate cavalry regiment.