American Express is founded by Henry Wells & Williams Fargo (Mar 19), Los Angeles and San Francisco are incorporated as cities (Apr 4&15), the transportation of British convicts to Western Australia begins (Jun 1), the Danish Stag Holocaust takes place (Jul 2), Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire (Nov 29), tens of thousands of East Indian laborers are shipped to Trinidad and Jamaica until 1880, the Great Famine in Ireland goes on - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading