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Type	Date Span	Title
Legal/Political	Mon, August 7, 1854	The 33rd Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC
Crime/Disasters	Sat, August 12, 1854	A Mexican firing squad executes French adventurer Gaston Raousset in Guaymas, Sonora
Slavery/Abolition	Sun, October 1, 1854 - Wed, October 1, 1856	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C.
Religion/Philosophy	Mon, October 2, 1854	Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Legal/Political	Wed, October 18, 1854 - Fri, October 20, 1854	Fifth National Women's Rights Convention held in Philadelphia
Foreign	Sat, November 4, 1854	Florence Nightingale and a group of 38 British nurses arrive in Constantinople
Legal/Political	Tue, November 7, 1854	Election Day
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, December 3, 1854	First Sunday in Advent
Legal/Political	Mon, December 4, 1854	The second session of the 33rd Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, December 5, 1854 - Fri, March 2, 1855	The second session of the 33rd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March
Personal	Sun, December 24, 1854 - Mon, January 1, 1855	Returning to Dorchester County again, Tubman attempts to bring her brothers to freedom
Business/Industry	Sun, January 28, 1855	The first railway service across the isthmus of Panama opens
Foreign	Wed, February 7, 1855	Ethiopian nobleman Ras Kassa crowns himself Emperor Tewodros (Theodore) II
Cultural	Sat, February 10, 1855	World's first women's hospital organized in New York City
Cultural	Mon, February 12, 1855	The Agricultural College of Michigan chartered in Lansing, Michigan
Cultural	Mon, February 19, 1855	Verdi's opera Rigoletto premieres in New York City
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, February 21, 1855	Ash Wednesday
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, February 24, 1855	The United States establishes a Court of Claims
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, February 25, 1855	First Sunday in Lent
Legal/Political	Sat, March 3, 1855	In Washington DC, the 33rd Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns
Commercial	Sat, March 3, 1855	The Registered Letter authorized
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, March 3, 1855	Judges appointed for the new U.S. Court of Claims
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, March 3, 1855	Military camels arrive in Texas
Legal/Political	Sun, March 4, 1855 - Tue, March 3, 1857	Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress
Legal/Political	Sun, March 4, 1855 - Wed, November 24, 1858	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sun, March 4, 1855	Three Washburn brothers sit in the Thirty-Fourth Congress
Legal/Political	Sun, March 4, 1855 - Mon, March 3, 1873	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate
Business/Industry	Thu, March 8, 1855	The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge opens for rail traffic
Science/Technology	Tue, March 20, 1855	First day of Spring
Science/Technology	Tue, March 27, 1855	Kerosene patented in the United States