Foreign |
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Indian rebels retake the stronghold of Kanpur from the British |
Religion/Philosophy |
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First Sunday in Advent |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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President Buchanan and Senator Douglas discuss the Lecompton Constitution at the White House |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 35th Congress opens in Washington, DC with James Orr of South Carolina elected as Speaker |
Legal/Political |
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The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess |
Military/Violent |
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American soldier of fortune William Walker is recaptured by the U.S. Navy |
Foreign |
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Mexican moderates revolt against the liberal government and jail Benito Juárez |
Legal/Political |
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The House of Representatives meets for the first time in its new chamber in the United States Capitol |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 35th Congress goes into a ten-day recess |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 35th Congress is in a ten-day holiday recess until January 5, 1858 |
Foreign |
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Decimal currency is adopted in the Province of Canada |
Personal |
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"Miss Leslie," America's most popular cooking writer, dies in New Jersey |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Kansas voters reject the Lecompton Constitution |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 35th Congress returns from its ten day holiday recess |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
Personal |
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Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide in Houston |
Foreign |
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Mexican conservatives rise up against the moderate liberal government |
US/the World |
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Assassination attempt on the life of Emperor Napoleon III fails in Paris |
Business/Industry |
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Figures show that there were more than five thousand bank failures in the United States between December 1856 and December 1857 |
Crime/Disasters |
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Earthquake in Eastern Europe, centered in northern Hungary |
Crime/Disasters |
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A tornado strikes the city and port of New Orleans |
Crime/Disasters |
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School building burns in Brooklyn and six small boys lose their lives |
Foreign |
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The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico |
Business/Industry |
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Philadelphia banks finally resume specie payments |
Foreign |
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Mexican president Ignacio Comonfort resigns and flees Mexico City |
Foreign |
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New Mexican president Félix María Zuloaga declares all liberal reforms to be null and void |
Foreign |
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Queen Victoria's eldest daughter marries the heir to the Prussian throne |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Nathan Clifford of Maine begins his service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
Foreign |
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Napoleon III of France names his wife as Regent should he die before the majority of his son |
Business/Industry |
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The two toll bridges between Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts are made free from this date |