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Military/Violent	Fri, May 8, 1846	U.S. forces defeat a large Mexican contingent at Palo Alto in Texas
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, May 9, 1846	General Taylor gains celebrity with early victory against Mexicans at Resaca de la Palma
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, May 13, 1846	Congress declares war with Mexico following attacks on US forces in disputed Texas border areas
Battles/Soldiers	Mon, May 18, 1846	General Taylor's forces occupy Matamoros
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, May 21, 1846	Trinity Church is dedicated in New York City
US/the World	Mon, May 25, 1846	Louis Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from prison in France
Science/Technology	Wed, June 10, 1846	Rubber tire for carriage wheels patented in England
US/the World	Mon, June 15, 1846	British parliament votes to repeal the Corn Laws
Education/Culture	Fri, June 19, 1846	First baseball game under the new code is played in Hoboken, New Jersey
Carlisle/Dickinson	Mon, July 6, 1846	Spencer Fullerton Baird is appointed full professor of natural history at Dickinson College
Foreign	Wed, July 8, 1846	Danish King Christian VIII denounces Prussian attempts to foster independence movements in Schleswig and Holstein
Dickinsonian	Thu, July 9, 1846	Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, August 5, 1846	United States Senate confirms Robert Grier's appointment to the Supreme Court
Education/Culture	Mon, August 10, 1846	Congress incorporates Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, August 10, 1846	The 29th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Fri, December 4, 1846	The second session of the 28th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 7, 1846	The second session of the 29th Congress opens in Washington, DC
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, December 8, 1846 - Tue, March 2, 1847	The second session of the 29th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1846 and early March, 1847
US/the World	Sat, December 12, 1846	The United States and New Granada (today Colombia) sign the Bidlack Treaty
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 28, 1846	Iowa joins the Union as a free state
Personal	Fri, January 1, 1847	William Still is hired by the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery
Foreign	Wed, February 3, 1847	King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia appoints an assembly to participate in the law-making process
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, March 1, 1847	Michigan abolishes the death penalty
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, March 3, 1847	In Washington DC, the 29th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns
Legal/Political	Thu, March 4, 1847 - Sat, March 3, 1849	Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives
Legal/Political	Thu, March 4, 1847 - Mon, June 3, 1861	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate
Personal	Wed, April 7, 1847	Stephen A. Douglas marries Martha Martin in North Carolina
Education/Culture	Fri, April 9, 1847	The first state reformatory for boys authorized in Massachusetts
Education/Culture	Mon, April 12, 1847	Chinese students arrive in the United States
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, April 21, 1847	First Bohemian-American church in the country opens in St. Louis