Editing 1859 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 1]] – The first intercollegiate [[baseball]] game is played, between [[Amherst College|Amherst]] and [[Williams College|Williams]] Colleges.
* [[July 8]] – [[Charles XV of Sweden|Charles XV]] succeeds his father [[Oscar I of Sweden]] and [[Norway]] (as Charles IV).
* [[July 11]]
** The chimes of [[Big Ben]] ring for the first time in London.
** [[Austro-Sardinian War]] – By the preliminary treaty signed at [[Villafranca di Verona|Villafranca]], Italy, [[Lombardy]] is ceded to the French (who immediately cede it to Sardinia), while the Austrians keep [[Venetia (region)|Venetia]], and the French promise to restore the Central Italian rulers expelled in the course of the war. This brings the Austro-Sardinian War effectively to a close.
* [[July 28]] The [[Bishop Cotton School (Shimla)|Bishop Cotton school (Shimla)]] (BCS) was founded on July 28, 1859,
* [[July 30]] – [[Grand Combin]], one of the highest summits in the Alps, is first ascended.
* [[July]] 
** Count [[Camillo Benso di Cavour]] resigns, as president of [[Piedmont-Sardinia]].
** [[Pike's Peak Gold Rush]] begins in the [[Colorado Territory]].
* [[August 16]] – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the [[House of Habsburg|House of Habsburg-Lorraine]], ending an ascendancy of 109 years.
* [[August 27]] – [[Edwin Drake]] drills the first [[oil well]] in the United States, near [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]], starting the [[Pennsylvania oil rush]].
* [[August 28]]–[[September 2]] – The [[solar storm of 1859]], [[List of solar storms|the largest]] [[Geomagnetic storm|geomagnetic solar storm]] on record, causes the [[Aurora|Northern lights]] to be visible as far south as [[Montería]], [[Colombia]] and knocks out [[telegraph]] communication (this is also called the ''[[Richard Christopher Carrington|Carrington]] Event'').
* [[September 17]] – In [[San Francisco]], [[Emperor Norton|Joshua Norton]] proclaims himself to be His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, ''Emperor of the United States'' and ''Protector of Mexico''.
* [[September]] – British merchant [[Thomas Blake Glover]] begins business in [[Nagasaki]], Japan.