| Dickinsonian |
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Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 30th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC |
| Foreign |
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A unified Swiss Confederation is formed |
| Education/Culture |
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Massachusetts school for the mentally afflicted opens in South Boston |
| Education/Culture |
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The Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania opens in Philadelphia |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 30th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 30th Congress sits in Washington, DC between early December, 1848 and early March, 1849 |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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Daniel Gott of New York introduces his resolution to ban slavery in the District of Columbia |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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The U.S. Congress reverses the Gott Resolution to ban slavery in the District of Columbia |
| Foreign |
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British troops defeat Sikh forces at Chilianwala |
| Education/Culture |
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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell receives her medical degree |
| Education/Culture |
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Mathew Brady photographs President Polk |
| Commercial |
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First ship in regular service from New York to California via Cape Horn arrives in San Francisco |
| Legal/Political |
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In Washington DC, the 30th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Interior Department created |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Congress approves new gold coinage |
| Legal/Political |
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William H. Bissell serves in the US House of Representatives |
| Legal/Political |
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Defeated presidential candidate Henry Clay returns to the Senate |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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First Interior Secretary named |
| Business/Industry |
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First railroad that will run west of the Mississippi is incorporated |
| Education/Culture |
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The nation's first class of homeopathic medical doctors graduates in Philadelphia |
| US/the World |
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Great Britain annexes the Sikh kingdom of northern India |
| Education/Culture |
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The nation's first Jewish weekly periodical appears in New York City |
| Foreign |
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King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia refuses an offer to become Emperor of a unified Germany |
| Science/Technology |
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The safety pin is patented in New York City |
| US/the World |
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Anti-British revolt breaks out in Montreal |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Astor Place Riot in New York City |
| Science/Technology |
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Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois receives a patent for a device to aid riverboats over shoals |
| Business/Industry |
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Great Britain abolishes the Navigation Acts |
| Dickinsonian |
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Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies |