Historical Events for October 1856
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Months in 1856: January February March April May June July August September November December
Events 1 - 5 of 5
7th - Cyrus Chambers Jr patents folding machine that folds book & newspapers
8th - The Second Opium War or 2nd Anglo-Chinese War: begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
19th - James Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
20th - Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens
24th - Constitution of South Australia adopted
