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Type	Date Span	Title
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, May 10, 1857	Sepoy Revolt triggers the Indian Mutiny against British rule
Cultural	Tue, May 12, 1857	New York Infirmary for Women and Children opens in New York City with a staff completely made up of women doctors
Cultural	Wed, May 13, 1857	The Agricultural College of Michigan opens in Lansing, Michigan
Foreign	Mon, May 18, 1857	The Great Reading Room at the British Museum opens to the public
Science/Technology	Tue, May 19, 1857	Electric fire alarm is patented in Boston
Legal/Political	Thu, May 21, 1857	Chicago newspaper predicts Lincoln will be Douglas's successor in Senate
Crime/Disasters	Tue, May 26, 1857	A fugitive named Addison nearly kills slave-catchers while running in Illinois
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 31, 1857	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Commercial	Tue, June 2, 1857	Chain-stitch sewing machine patented in Virginia
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, June 11, 1857	Corpus Christi celebrated
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, June 12, 1857	Indian rebels massacre 130 Europeans at Kanpur
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, June 18, 1857	Lincoln sues railroad company to obtain $5,000 legal fee
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, June 23, 1857	Jury awards Abraham Lincoln $4,800 in legal fees
Legal/Political	Fri, June 26, 1857	Lincoln denounces the Dred Scott decision
Dickinsonian	Thu, July 9, 1857	Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies
Cultural	Fri, July 24, 1857	Abraham and Mary Lincoln visit Niagara Falls
Personal	Wed, July 29, 1857	Thomas Jefferson Rusk, U.S. Senator from Texas, commits suicide at his home in Nacogdoches
Legal/Political	Wed, August 5, 1857	Lincoln begins organizing for Senate campaign
Personal	Wed, August 12, 1857	Lincoln deposits his largest legal fee
Foreign	Sat, August 15, 1857	Proponents of Italian unification, led by soldier and adventurer Giuseppe Garibaldi, form the Italian National Association
Legal/Political	Tue, September 8, 1857	Trial begins in important Lincoln legal case
Crime/Disasters	Sat, September 12, 1857	S.S. Central America sinks in a hurricane off the coast of North Carolina
Foreign	Sun, September 20, 1857	British troops reconquer Dehli
Religion/Philosophy	Mon, September 28, 1857	Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, September 30, 1857	Lincoln organizing aggressively for 1858 elections
Business/Industry	Tue, October 13, 1857	New York City banks suspend operations as financial panic sets in
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, November 1, 1857	All Saints Day
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, November 1, 1857	All Saints Day
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, November 10, 1857	Federal troops sent to protect the U.S. Customs House in New York City
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, November 16, 1857	At the siege of Lucknow, William Hall becomes the first black man to win the Victoria Cross