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Legal/Political	Mon, February 28, 1859	Congress approves a reservation for the Pima and Miricopa tribes near the Gila River in New Mexico Territory
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, February 28, 1859	New Arkansas law offers free black residents choice between exile or enslavement
Foreign	Mon, February 28, 1859	In Britain, Benjamin Disraeli introduces a Parliamentary Reform Bill in the House of Commons
Crime/Disasters	Tue, March 1, 1859	Five newspaper offices burn in Memphis, Tennessee fire
Cultural	Wed, March 2, 1859	Yiddish popular writer Shalom Aleichem born in the Ukraine
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, March 3, 1859	The East Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church meets in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, March 3, 1859	The 35th Congress of the United States ends its term and adjourns
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, March 4, 1859	The Senate of the United States opens a week long special session in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 5, 1859 - Wed, March 9, 1859	The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC
Foreign	Sat, March 5, 1859	The Swiss Federal Council says Switzerland will defend itself and its neutrality, by force if need be
US/the World	Mon, March 7, 1859	President Buchanan appoints Robert McLane as minister to Mexico
Legal/Political	Mon, March 7, 1859	Roger Taney issues decision in Ableman v. Booth
Education/Culture	Tue, March 8, 1859	Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," born in Edinburgh
Personal	Tue, March 8, 1859	U.S. Postmaster-General Aaron V. Brown dies in office in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, March 8, 1859	Federal Judge John Cradlebaugh opens grand jury hearings in Provo, Utah on the Mountain Meadows Massacre
Foreign	Wed, March 9, 1859	The Italian Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia mobilizes its armed forces for war with Austria
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, March 9, 1859	Joseph Holt confirmed as new Postmaster-General in the Buchanan Cabinet
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, March 10, 1859	The Senate of the United States ends its week long special session in Washington, DC
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, March 13, 1859	Public meeting of Methodists in north Texas protests the influence of northern abolitionist preachers in the Church
Crime/Disasters	Fri, March 18, 1859 - Sun, March 20, 1859	Spring tides and high winds cause flooding and subsidence along the Hudson River in New York
Foreign	Fri, March 18, 1859	In Mexico, General Miguel Miramón surrounds Vera Cruz, capital of the Liberal government
Education/Culture	Sat, March 19, 1859	Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" premieres in Paris to luke-warm critical acclaim
Crime/Disasters	Sat, March 19, 1859	Fatal railroad accident in Canada when a Great Western Railway express train plunges into a ravine
Education/Culture	Mon, March 21, 1859	The Zoological Society of Philadelphia plans the nation's first zoo
Crime/Disasters	Tue, March 22, 1859	Disastrous earthquake levels the city of Quito in Ecuador and kills 5000 people
Foreign	Tue, March 22, 1859	Great Power conference proposed in Europe to head off war between Austria and Piedmont-Sardinia
Foreign	Tue, March 22, 1859	In London, the House of Lords defeats a bill which would have allowed a widower to marry his dead wife's sister
Crime/Disasters	Thu, March 24, 1859	Congressman Daniel Sickles is indicted for murder in Washington D.C. in the shooting of Philip Barton Key
Science/Technology	Sat, March 26, 1859	French amateur astronomer observes a new planet in our solar system
Legal/Political	Sun, March 27, 1859	Territorial Governor Cumming of Utah protests U.S. Army troops aiding the federal court sitting in Provo