Mexico rejects Daniel Webster's request to allow a U.S. company to build a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Fearing another American land grab, Mexico rejects Daniel Webster's request to allow a U.S. company to build a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a narrow strip of land separating the Caribbean sea from the Pacific ocean. (By Brian Bockelman)
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Representatives of France, Great Britain, and Austria sign the Vienna Note

Representatives of France, Great Britain, and Austria sign the Vienna Note, a plan to resolve escalating tensions between Russia and the Ottoman Empire over the status of Orthodox Christians in Turkish territories.  Ultimately, the compromise will be rejected, leading to the Crimean War. (By Brian Bockelman)
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