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