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The Treaty of Pinsaqui ends the short but bloody war between Ecuador and Colombia |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Moncure Conway becomes minister at South Place Chapel in London, England |
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New York press reports the narrow escape of a loaded immigrant ship in an Atlantic storm |
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Archbishop John Hughes dies in New York City |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The first session of the 38th Congress returns from a two-week holiday recess |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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Archbishop John Hughes is buried in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City |
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The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864 |
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In Little Rock, Arkansas, seventeen year-old David Dodd is hanged as a spy on the grounds of his old school |
| US/the World |
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Near Windsor in England, the first child, and male heir, of the Prince and Princess of Wales is born |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Liverpool harbor, a British vessel carrying eleven tons of gunpowder explodes after catching fire |
| Business/Industry |
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In London near Trafalgar Square, another new main-line railway station opens at Charing Cross |
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In New York's Bellevue Hospital, songwriter Stephen Foster dies suddenly, aged thirty-seven |
| Crime/Disasters |
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A derailment in Pennsylvania tosses two carriages down an embankment where they burn |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In central Pennsylvania, the train carrying Stephen Foster's remains home to Pittsburgh derails |
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Songwriter Stephen Foster is buried at the Allegheny Cemetery outside Pittsburgh |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Several Native American leaders of Far West tribes leave San Francisco for a trip to the East |
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William Stoker returns to Coffeeville, Texas on furlough |
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Major Edgar Burroughs, C.S.A., convicted guerrilla leader, shot while trying escape from a Union hospital |
| US/the World |
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German and Austrian troops advance into Danish Schleswig, opening a six month war with the Danes |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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In North Carolina, Confederate sailors and marines capture a Union gunboat in a night attack |
| US/the World |
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In Schleswig, Danish troops fight their first battles against invading Austrians |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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The controversial "Pomeroy Circular"advocating Abraham Lincoln's replacement begins to appear |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Hartford, Connecticut, Samuel Colt's arms factory suffers massive destruction by fire |
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Confederate infantry beat back a Union reconnaissance-in-force across the Rapidan at Morton's Ford |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, the U.S. Senate begins the process of enabling the statehood of the Nevada Territory |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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The New York City fire department welcomes home the Second Regiment of Fire Zouaves |
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In Monroe, Michigan, General George A. Custer marries Elizabeth Bacon |
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In Richmond, 109 Union officers prisoners tunnel out of confinement and make for the Union lines |
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Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is celebrated across the United States |
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Union spy Elizabeth Van Lew risks her life to shelter escaping Union officers in her Richmond home |
