Business/Industry |
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Pennsylvania and Lehigh Zinc Company is incorporated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Cultural |
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Boston Veterinary Institute founded |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Passover ends |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Easter Sunday |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Passover begins |
Foreign |
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Great Britain and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Peshawar |
Science/Technology |
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Kerosene patented in the United States |
Science/Technology |
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First day of Spring |
Business/Industry |
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The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge opens for rail traffic |
Legal/Political |
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Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate |
Legal/Political |
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Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives |
Legal/Political |
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Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Three Washburn brothers sit in the Thirty-Fourth Congress |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Judges appointed for the new U.S. Court of Claims |
Legal/Political |
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In Washington DC, the 33rd Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Military camels arrive in Texas |
Commercial |
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The Registered Letter authorized |
Religion/Philosophy |
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First Sunday in Lent |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The United States establishes a Court of Claims |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
Cultural |
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Verdi's opera Rigoletto premieres in New York City |
Cultural |
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The Agricultural College of Michigan chartered in Lansing, Michigan |
Cultural |
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World's first women's hospital organized in New York City |
Foreign |
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Ethiopian nobleman Ras Kassa crowns himself Emperor Tewodros (Theodore) II |
Business/Industry |
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The first railway service across the isthmus of Panama opens |
Personal |
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Returning to Dorchester County again, Tubman attempts to bring her brothers to freedom |
Legal/Political |
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The second session of the 33rd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March |
Legal/Political |
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The second session of the 33rd Congress opens in Washington, DC |
Religion/Philosophy |
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First Sunday in Advent |
Legal/Political |
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Election Day |