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Type	Date Span	Title
Foreign	Sat, November 28, 1857	Indian rebels retake the stronghold of Kanpur from the British
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, November 29, 1857	First Sunday in Advent
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, December 2, 1857	President Buchanan and Senator Douglas discuss the Lecompton Constitution at the White House
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, December 7, 1857	The 35th Congress opens in Washington, DC with James Orr of South Carolina elected as Speaker
Legal/Political	Tue, December 8, 1857 - Tue, December 22, 1857	The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess
Military/Violent	Tue, December 8, 1857	American soldier of fortune William Walker is recaptured by the U.S. Navy
Foreign	Thu, December 17, 1857	Mexican moderates revolt against the liberal government and jail Benito Juárez
Legal/Political	Thu, December 17, 1857	The House of Representatives meets for the first time in its new chamber in the United States Capitol
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, December 23, 1857	The 35th Congress goes into a ten-day recess
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, December 24, 1857 - Mon, January 4, 1858	The 35th Congress is in a ten-day holiday recess until January 5, 1858
Foreign	Fri, January 1, 1858	Decimal currency is adopted in the Province of Canada
Personal	Fri, January 1, 1858	"Miss Leslie," America's most popular cooking writer, dies in New Jersey
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, January 4, 1858	Kansas voters reject the Lecompton Constitution
Lawmaking/Litigating	Tue, January 5, 1858	The 35th Congress returns from its ten day holiday recess
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, January 6, 1858 - Sun, June 13, 1858	The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858
Personal	Sat, January 9, 1858	Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide in Houston
Foreign	Mon, January 11, 1858	Mexican conservatives rise up against the moderate liberal government
US/the World	Thu, January 14, 1858	Assassination attempt on the life of Emperor Napoleon III fails in Paris
Business/Industry	Thu, January 14, 1858	Figures show that there were more than five thousand bank failures in the United States between December 1856 and December 1857
Crime/Disasters	Fri, January 15, 1858	Earthquake in Eastern Europe, centered in northern Hungary
Crime/Disasters	Sat, January 16, 1858	A tornado strikes the city and port of New Orleans
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 19, 1858	School building burns in Brooklyn and six small boys lose their lives
Foreign	Tue, January 19, 1858	The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico
Business/Industry	Tue, January 19, 1858	Philadelphia banks finally resume specie payments
Foreign	Thu, January 21, 1858	Mexican president Ignacio Comonfort resigns and flees Mexico City
Foreign	Fri, January 22, 1858	New Mexican president Félix María Zuloaga declares all liberal reforms to be null and void
Foreign	Mon, January 25, 1858	Queen Victoria's eldest daughter marries the heir to the Prussian throne
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, January 28, 1858	Nathan Clifford of Maine begins his service as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Foreign	Mon, February 1, 1858	Napoleon III of France names his wife as Regent should he die before the majority of his son
Business/Industry	Mon, February 1, 1858	The two toll bridges between Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts are made free from this date