Events

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Business/Industry 02/23/1861 A national convention of workingmen meets in Philadelphia
Religion/Philosophy 04/30/1863 A National Day of Fasting and Prayer is held across the North
Lawmaking/Litigating 03/13/1862 A new Article of War forbids the military to return escaped slaves to their former owners
Battles/Soldiers 11/20/1861 A party of Californians under Daniel Showalter make for Confederate Arizona with Union cavalry in pursuit
Science/Technology 06/27/1859 A Police and Fire Alarm System goes into operation in Baltimore, Maryland
Battles/Soldiers 05/14/1863—05/15/1863 A powerful Union naval bombardment fails to silence the defenses of Port Hudson, Louisiana
Lawmaking/Litigating 03/28/1859 A referendum in Kansas confirms the legislature's call for a constitutional convention
Legal/Political 11/01/1858 A Reform Association is constituted in Baltimore to attempt to bring order to the city
Science/Technology 08/28/1859—08/29/1859 A remarkable display of the Northern Lights is seen in Europe and North America
US/the World 05/13/1861 A royal proclamation from London declares Britain neutral in the American war
Campaigns/Elections 03/26/1861 A secessionist flag flies near the Frankford Arsenal in north-east Philadelphia
Crime/Disasters 10/12/1856 A serious earthquake rocks most of the eastern Mediterranean
Crime/Disasters 06/27/1859 A serious railroad accident in Indiana kills dozens when floods wash away tracks
Personal 11/00/1896 A supporter of the women's suffrage movement, Tubman speaks at the 1896 Rochester Convention
Battles/Soldiers 04/30/1860 A thousand Navajo launch an attack on Fort Defiance in New Mexico
Crime/Disasters 01/16/1858 A tornado strikes the city and port of New Orleans
Science/Technology 06/11/1862—06/12/1862 A total eclipse of the Moon late in the evening is visible across much of the United States
US/the World 11/08/1861 A U.S. warship intercepts and boards a British mail ship off Cuba to arrest Confederate diplomats
Foreign 09/12/1848 A unified Swiss Confederation is formed
Crime/Disasters 05/27/1863 A well-behaved mob lynches a horse thief and murderer in the town square in Kokomo, Indiana