Events

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Lawmaking/Litigating The third session of the 37th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess
Lawmaking/Litigating - The third session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington DC until early March 1863
Science/Technology In London, the world's first underground railway opens and carries 38,000 passengers on the day
Military/Violent - Battle of Arkansas Post
Lawmaking/Litigating - In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session
Personal David Lloyd George, future British wartime prime minister of Britain, is born in Manchester, England
US/the World Ismail Pasha is proclaimed as the new ruler of Ottoman Egypt and the Sudan.
Education/Culture With great ceremony, Australian explorers Burke and Wills are buried in Melbourne, Australia
US/the World Nationalists inspire the Polish to launch a revolt against Russian rule
Battles/Soldiers Union Volunteer troops attack and kill hundreds of Shoshone at Bear River, in present-day Idaho
Lawmaking/Litigating New York Herald correspondent tried for espionage
US/the World Prussia pledges to support Russia in its effort to prevent Polish independence
Education/Culture The wedding of Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren in New York City makes headline news
Religion/Philosophy Ash Wednesday begins the Christian observance of Lent for 1863
Lawmaking/Litigating The position of Comptroller of the Currency is authorized
Personal President Lincoln meets with Chicago attorney William Danenhower
Legal/Political The 37th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC
Lawmaking/Litigating Congress authorizes the formation of the Idaho Territory
Legal/Political Justice Robert Grier issues opinion in the Prize Cases
US/the World French troops begin a two-month siege of Puebla, Mexico
Battles/Soldiers Union troops land below Port Hudson seeking to make contact with Admiral Farragut's naval force
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington, the Senate votes to strike down the color bar on railroad cars in the District of Columbia
Education/Culture School for the physically disabled incorporated in New York City
US/the World Greek succession crisis ends when Prince William of Denmark becomes King George I of Greece
Women/Families Virginia working women demonstrate and then precipitate a "Bread Riot"in the Confederate capital
US/the World British Government seizes a newly-built schooner under the Foreign Enlistment Act
Legal/Political Moncure Conway sails to England to gain support for the Union
Campaigns/Elections Democrats take control of Chicago City Council from Unionists in municipal elections
Crime/Disasters Deadly earthquake strikes the Greek island of Rhodes, killing hundreds
Crime/Disasters In northern England, the largest fire in some years destroys businesses and a Wesleyan school