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Mexican troops expel Gaston Raousset and his filibuster followers from the city of Hermosillo in northern Mexico |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Gaston Raousset departs Mexico for San Francisco |
| Business/Industry |
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Efficient telegraph service initiated between London and Paris |
| Foreign |
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Future emperor born in Japan |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Sacramento, California suffers a devastating fire |
| Foreign |
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The Duke of Wellington buried in St. Paul's Cathedral in London |
| Foreign |
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A French plebiscite confirms popular support for the restoration of the empire |
| Business/Industry |
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Six tons of bullion from the new Australian goldfields arrives in London |
| Foreign |
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In Paris, Louis Napoleon declares France an Empire and himself its Emperor |
| Legal/Political |
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The second session of the 32nd Congress opens in Washington, DC |
| Legal/Political |
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The second session of the 32nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1852 and early March, 1853 |
| Business/Industry |
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The first railroad west of the Mississippi makes its inaugural run |
| Foreign |
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New administration takes office in Great Britain |
| Cultural |
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Statue of Andrew Jackson unveiled in Washington, D.C. |
| Personal |
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Moncure Conway enters Harvard Divinity School |
| Foreign |
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Mexico's controversial ex-president Antonio López de Santa Anna, living in exile, wins a new presidential election |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Ash Wednesday |
| Commercial |
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The three dollar gold piece is authorised |
| Legal/Political |
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In Washington DC, the 32nd Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns |
| Legal/Political |
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Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives |
| Legal/Political |
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William Rufus King sworn in as Vice President in Havana, Cuba |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Palm Sunday |
| Legal/Political |
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President Pierce appoints Isaac Cook as Chicago Postmaster |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Steamboat from Houston suffers fatal explosion in Galveston Bay |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Good Friday |
| Cultural |
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New York passes a comprehensive truancy law |
| Personal |
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Vice-President King dies in Alabama |
| Foreign |
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British Prime Minister William Gladstone introduces a landmark budget bill that includes dramatic free trade reforms |
| Foreign |
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Russia claims right to protect Christian subjects in the Ottoman Empire |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Passover begins |