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