Legal/Political |
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The McClintock Riot takes place in Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
Business/Industry |
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U.S. Post Office opens its contract ocean mail mail service to Europe |
Business/Industry |
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English-style railroad coaches go into service in Massachusetts |
Commercial |
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Rubber tire for carriage wheels patented in the United States |
Education/Culture |
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American Medical Association founded in Philadelphia |
Personal |
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Moncure Conway enters Dickinson College |
Religion/Philosophy |
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First Bohemian-American church in the country opens in St. Louis |
Education/Culture |
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Chinese students arrive in the United States |
Education/Culture |
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The first state reformatory for boys authorized in Massachusetts |
Personal |
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Stephen A. Douglas marries Martha Martin in North Carolina |
Legal/Political |
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Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate |
Legal/Political |
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Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington DC, the 29th Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Michigan abolishes the death penalty |
Foreign |
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King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia appoints an assembly to participate in the law-making process |
Personal |
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William Still is hired by the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Iowa joins the Union as a free state |
US/the World |
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The United States and New Granada (today Colombia) sign the Bidlack Treaty |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 29th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1846 and early March, 1847 |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 29th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
Legal/Political |
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The second session of the 28th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 29th Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC |
Education/Culture |
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Congress incorporates Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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United States Senate confirms Robert Grier's appointment to the Supreme Court |
Dickinsonian |
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Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies |
Foreign |
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Danish King Christian VIII denounces Prussian attempts to foster independence movements in Schleswig and Holstein |
Carlisle/Dickinson |
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Spencer Fullerton Baird is appointed full professor of natural history at Dickinson College |
Education/Culture |
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First baseball game under the new code is played in Hoboken, New Jersey |
US/the World |
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British parliament votes to repeal the Corn Laws |
Science/Technology |
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Rubber tire for carriage wheels patented in England |