Events

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Type Title
Foreign Indian rebels retake the stronghold of Kanpur from the British
Religion/Philosophy First Sunday in Advent
Lawmaking/Litigating President Buchanan and Senator Douglas discuss the Lecompton Constitution at the White House
Lawmaking/Litigating The 35th Congress opens in Washington, DC with James Orr of South Carolina elected as Speaker
Legal/Political - The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess
Military/Violent American soldier of fortune William Walker is recaptured by the U.S. Navy
Foreign Mexican moderates revolt against the liberal government and jail Benito Juárez
Legal/Political The House of Representatives meets for the first time in its new chamber in the United States Capitol
Lawmaking/Litigating The 35th Congress goes into a ten-day recess
Lawmaking/Litigating - The 35th Congress is in a ten-day holiday recess until January 5, 1858
Foreign Decimal currency is adopted in the Province of Canada
Personal "Miss Leslie," America's most popular cooking writer, dies in New Jersey
Campaigns/Elections Kansas voters reject the Lecompton Constitution
Lawmaking/Litigating The 35th Congress returns from its ten day holiday recess
Lawmaking/Litigating - The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858
Personal Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide in Houston
Foreign Mexican conservatives rise up against the moderate liberal government
US/the World Assassination attempt on the life of Emperor Napoleon III fails in Paris
Business/Industry Figures show that there were more than five thousand bank failures in the United States between December 1856 and December 1857
Crime/Disasters Earthquake in Eastern Europe, centered in northern Hungary
Crime/Disasters A tornado strikes the city and port of New Orleans
Crime/Disasters School building burns in Brooklyn and six small boys lose their lives
Foreign The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico
Business/Industry Philadelphia banks finally resume specie payments
Foreign Mexican president Ignacio Comonfort resigns and flees Mexico City
Foreign New Mexican president Félix María Zuloaga declares all liberal reforms to be null and void
Foreign Queen Victoria's eldest daughter marries the heir to the Prussian throne
Lawmaking/Litigating Nathan Clifford of Maine begins his service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Foreign Napoleon III of France names his wife as Regent should he die before the majority of his son
Business/Industry The two toll bridges between Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts are made free from this date