Events

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Date
Type Title
Foreign The Duke of Wellington buried in St. Paul's Cathedral in London
Crime/Disasters Sacramento, California suffers a devastating fire
Foreign Future emperor born in Japan
Business/Industry Efficient telegraph service initiated between London and Paris
Battles/Soldiers Gaston Raousset departs Mexico for San Francisco
Battles/Soldiers Mexican troops expel Gaston Raousset and his filibuster followers from the city of Hermosillo in northern Mexico
Crime/Disasters American ship bound for New Orleans founders off the coast of Ireland
Religion/Philosophy Yom Kippur
Foreign French adventurer Gaston Raousset declares Sonora (Mexico) to be an independent republic
Foreign Largest warship in the world launched
Foreign The Duke of Wellington dies at Walmer Castle in England
Religion/Philosophy Rosh Hashana
Legal/Political - Third National Women's Rights Convention held in Syracuse
Personal Joseph Medill marries Katherine Patrick
Legal/Political The 32nd Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC
Foreign Justo José de Urquiza revokes a February decree confiscating the property of former Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas
Commercial Mexico rejects Daniel Webster's request to allow a U.S. company to build a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Crime/Disasters Fire in Montreal, Canada leaves thousands homeless
Dickinsonian Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies
Personal Henry Clay dies in Washington
Cultural Jew's Hospital of New York City incorporated
Religion/Philosophy Corpus Christi celebrated
Battles/Soldiers French filibuster Gaston Raoul Raousset arrives in the northern Mexican state of Sonora
Foreign Underwater telegraph line across the Irish Sea completed
Cultural Compulsory education state law, the first in the nation, signed in Massachusetts
Foreign Alberdi publishes a proposal for a new Argentine constitution based heavily on the Constitution of the United States
Cultural New York Women's State Temperance Society founded in Rochester
Religion/Philosophy Easter Sunday
Religion/Philosophy Good Friday
Religion/Philosophy Palm Sunday