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1858
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Update Yeardata: 1858
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Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Whig), then on 20 February it is Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative). US President is James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania), and thanks to a new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable he is able to exchange greetings with Queen Victoria. Big Ben (the Great Bell) is recast. Charles Dickens embarks on a reading tour of the UK, making 129 appearances.
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