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