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Type	Date Span Sort ascending	Title
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, February 25, 1857	Ash Wednesday
Business/Industry	Tue, February 24, 1857	First perforated U.S. Postage stamps issued
Legal/Political	Wed, February 18, 1857	John Brown speaks about Kansas before the Massachusetts legislature’s Committee on Federal Relations
Cultural	Mon, February 16, 1857	The National Deaf Mute College is chartered in Washington, D.C.
Personal	Mon, February 16, 1857	Elisha Kent Kane, famous Arctic explorer and naval medical officer, dies in Havana
Legal/Political	Thu, February 5, 1857	The Lincolns entertain over 300 guests at their home in Springfield
Foreign	Thu, February 5, 1857	Mexico adopts a new liberal constitution
Personal	Tue, January 27, 1857	Preston Brooks dies suddenly in Washington, D.C.
Legal/Political	Mon, January 26, 1857	Lincoln elected as officer of Illinois State Colonization Society
Legal/Political	Mon, January 12, 1857 - Sun, March 18, 1860	William H. Bissell serves as Governor of Illinois
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, January 12, 1857	First Republican Governor of Illinois inaugurated
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, January 6, 1857	New York Times reports on runaway slave in Kansas
Crime/Disasters	Sat, January 3, 1857	Archbishop of Paris is assassinated on his way to Mass
Personal	Fri, January 2, 1857	Andrew Ure, famous advocate of the factory system, dies in London
Slavery/Abolition	Thu, January 1, 1857	Robert Brown, a fugitive slave from Virginia, arrives in Philadelphia after crossing Potomac on horseback
Cultural	Thu, January 1, 1857	Ashmun Institute opens in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Legal/Political	Thu, January 1, 1857	Roger Taney issues decision in Dred Scott Case
Personal	Thu, January 1, 1857 - Tue, January 31, 1865	Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State
Crime/Disasters	Wed, December 31, 1856	Fire destroys the Medical School Building at the University of Louisville
Foreign	Wed, December 31, 1856	Gretna Green cross-border marriages between England and Scotland become more difficult
Science/Technology	Sun, December 21, 1856	First day of Winter
Legal/Political	Mon, December 15, 1856 - Thu, December 18, 1856	The Dred Scott Case is debated before the United States Supreme Court
US/the World	Sat, December 6, 1856	Dutch Boers in the Transvaal proclaim independence from Great Britain and form the South African Republic
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, December 2, 1856 - Mon, March 2, 1857	The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March
Foreign	Tue, December 2, 1856	Treaty of Bayonne between France and Spain sets their international borders
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 1, 1856	The regular second session of the 34th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, November 30, 1856	First Sunday in Advent
Legal/Political	Tue, November 25, 1856 - Wed, November 26, 1856	Seventh National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City
Foreign	Tue, November 25, 1856	The Emperor of Austria visits Venice
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, November 24, 1856	South Carolina Governor James Adams calls for the reinstitution of the African slave trade