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