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Foreign Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna closes congress and abolishes all political parties
Foreign Britain demands that all Russian troops be withdrawn from the Crimea
Foreign Mexican troops rebel against President Antonio López de Santa Anna and call for liberal reforms
Religion/Philosophy Ash Wednesday
Foreign In Mexico, Juan N. Alvarez assumes control of the Restorer of Liberty Army
Cultural The United States Inebriate Asylum is organized in New York
Cultural Worcester, Massachusetts purchases park land for public use
Foreign Crimean War begins in earnest, as France declares war on Russia
Foreign Britain declares war on Russia and joins France in sending troops to the Crimea
US/the World Japan and the United States sign the Treaty of Kanagawa, the first ever between the two nations
Battles/Soldiers William Walker and his fellow filibusters leave Baja California for Sonora
Religion/Philosophy Palm Sunday
Religion/Philosophy Passover begins
Religion/Philosophy Easter Sunday
Religion/Philosophy Good Friday
Foreign Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna launches a six-day siege of Acapulco
Religion/Philosophy Passover ends
Education/Culture First university for African-Americans incorporated in Pennsylvania
Military/Violent William Walker is driven from Mexico and taken into custody by the U.S. military
Slavery/Abolition Anthony Burns is arrested in Boston as a fugitive slave
Legal/Political Abolitionists meet at Faneuil Hall, Boston to protest the arrest of Anthony Burns
Business/Industry New York Clearing House Association founded in New York City
Religion/Philosophy International convention of the Y.M.C.A. held in Boston, Massachusetts
Cultural The U. S. Naval Academy graduates its first four year class
Cultural Yung Wing graduates from Yale, first Chinese graduate in the United States
Legal/Political The United States appoints its first entomologist
Religion/Philosophy Corpus Christi celebrated
Battles/Soldiers Gaston Raousset begins a second filibustering incursion into northern Mexico
Dickinsonian Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies
Foreign Mexican General José María Yáñez captures French filibuster Gaston Raousset