Legal/Political |
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Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Simeon Bushnell is found guilty in a Cleveland federal court |
Foreign |
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The British court-martial Tatya Tope, one of the last leaders of the Indian Rebellion to be captured |
Foreign |
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Oxford wins the traditional University Boat Race on the Thames when the Cambridge boat sinks |
Education/Culture |
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The cornerstone of the Peabody Institute is laid in Baltimore, Maryland |
Education/Culture |
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Alexis de Tocqueville dies at Cannes in France |
Battles/Soldiers |
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Palm Sunday riot in Panama brings hundreds of U.S. sailors ashore to protect American residents |
Foreign |
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The British execute Tatya Tope, one of the last and most intrepid leaders of the Indian Rebellion to be captured |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston opens in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The trial of Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key continues in Washington D.C. |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Passover begins |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The trial of Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Charles Langston continues in the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio |
Cultural |
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Bayard Taylor, the famous American travel writer, announces he will report exclusively for the New York Mercury |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Good Friday |
Foreign |
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Austria demands that Sardinia-Piedmont disarm, and issues a three-day ultimatum |
Foreign |
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French troops are starting to depart Paris for Italy to confront the Austrians |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The trial of Daniel Sickles for the murder of Philip Barton Key continues in Washington D.C. |
Crime/Disasters |
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Steamboat disaster on the Mississippi River with scores dead |
Personal |
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Seven foot nine inch tall James D. Porter, "the Kentucky Giant," dies in his sleep, aged 49 |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Congressman Daniel Sickles is acquitted in his trial for the murder of Philip Barton Key |
Science/Technology |
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Chicago's first streetcar line goes into operation on State Street |
Foreign |
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In Egypt work is begun on the construction of the Suez Canal |
Foreign |
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France tells Austria war on Piedmont-Sardinia would mean war with France |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Passover ends |
Foreign |
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French troops protecting the Papal State order all demonstrations against the Vatican halted |
Religion/Philosophy |
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Pope Pius IX issues an encyclical calling for prayers for peace among Catholic nations |
Foreign |
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Piedmont-Sardinia rejects Austria's call to disarm |
US/the World |
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Italian nationalists in Florence overthrow the Hapsburg Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany |
Legal/Political |
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José Marta Mata presents his credentials in Washington as minister from the recently recognized Juarez government of Mexico |
Crime/Disasters |
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An American emigrant ship is wrecked on the Irish coast with almost 400 lives lost |
US/the World |
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The Austrian Empire declares war on Sardinia-Piedmont |