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