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Type	Date Span	Title
Personal		Tubman escapes slavery, traveling to Philadelphia
Foreign	Wed, October 10, 1849	A group of Montreal citizens publishes an "Annexation Manifesto" calling for the incorporation of Canada into the United States
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, November 6, 1849	Four slaves run away from Edward Gorsuch's plantation in Maryland
Legal/Political	Sat, December 1, 1849	The 31st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, December 4, 1849 - Sun, September 29, 1850	The 31st Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1849 till late September, 1850
Commercial	Tue, January 1, 1850	On the Massachusetts coast the new Minot's Ledge Lighthouse lights its lamp
Education/Culture	Fri, January 4, 1850	Skating Club formally organized in Philadelphia
US/the World	Thu, January 17, 1850	The "Don Pacifico" conflict between Great Britain and Greece erupts over riot damage in Athens
Education/Culture	Sat, January 26, 1850	Nation's first daily German language newspaper begins circulation in New York City
Legal/Political	Sat, February 2, 1850	William H. Bissell denounces seccessionism in speech to US House of Representatives
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, February 13, 1850	Ash Wednesday
Foreign	Sat, February 23, 1850	Hanover pulls out of the Three Kings' League
Legal/Political	Fri, March 1, 1850	Moncure Conway begins short-lived legal study in Warrenton, Virginia
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, March 24, 1850	Palm Sunday
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, March 28, 1850	Passover begins
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, March 29, 1850	Good Friday
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, March 31, 1850	Easter Sunday
Education/Culture	Thu, April 4, 1850	Massachusetts incorporates its school for the mentally challenged
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, April 17, 1850	Palm Sunday
US/the World	Fri, April 19, 1850	The United States and Great Britain sign the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, May 30, 1850	Corpus Christi celebrated
Foreign	Fri, May 31, 1850	French president Louis Napoleon Bonaparte abolishes universal suffrage
Dickinsonian	Tue, June 11, 1850	Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies
Education/Culture	Mon, July 1, 1850	U.S. Naval Academy opens as a four year institution
Foreign	Tue, July 2, 1850	Prussia and Denmark agree to end their conflict over the territories of Schleswig and Holstein
Education/Culture	Fri, July 5, 1850	Spencer Fullerton Baird is appointed assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, July 9, 1850	Vice-President Millard Fillmore takes the oath of office after President Zachary Taylor dies at the White House
Foreign	Mon, August 5, 1850	Great Britain grants considerable autonomy to the Australian colonies through the Australian Government Act
Education/Culture	Wed, August 28, 1850	Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" premieres in Weimar
Foreign	Wed, September 4, 1850	Brazil outlaws the slave trade, without freeing existing slaves