Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Confederate diplomats arrive in Washington DC |
Battles/Soldiers |
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After weeks of refusal, the commander of Fort Brown in Texas surrenders and marches his men to the coast |
Crime/Disasters |
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A coal mining explosion in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales kills fourteen and injures others |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate Congress passes a bill to create the Confederate Army |
Campaigns/Elections |
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In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania legislature postpones the Philadelphia municipal election |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Washington, DC, Confederate diplomats request a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Confederate States Constitution adopted in Montgomery, Alabama |
US/the World |
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In western Africa, El-Hajj Umar Tall destroys the Bambara Empire of Mali |
Crime/Disasters |
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American sailing ship sinks in North Atlantic and fifty-three passengers and crew drown |
US/the World |
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The Chamber of Deputies in Turin votes a new kingdom of Italy with Victor Emmanuel II as king |
Personal |
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David Wilmot serves in the United States Senate |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Secretary of State Seward refuses to recognize the Confederate diplomats sent to Washington DC |
US/the World |
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The Duchess of Kent, mother of the reigning Queen Victoria, dies at her home near Windsor |
Crime/Disasters |
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Irish fishermen rescue fifteen survivors from wrecked American sailing ship |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The Congress of the Confederate States ends its first session in Montgomery, Alabama |
Crime/Disasters |
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Survivors of a shipwreck on the barren Florida coast endure several days of hardships before rescue |
US/the World |
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Victor Emmanuel II signs the declaration of the new united kingdom of Italy |
US/the World |
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In New Zealand, the First Waranaki War between settlers and the native Maori ends |
US/the World |
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Santo Domingo, after seventeen years of independence, reverts to Spanish colonial rule |
Battles/Soldiers |
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In Florida, Confederate authorities ban the locals from resupplying Fort Pickens and the U.S. Navy |
Business/Industry |
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Philadelphia banks resume specie payments |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Philadelphia Democrats protest the postponement of the city elections |
Crime/Disasters |
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In Argentina, thousands die when an earthquake devastates the city of Mendoza and its surroundings |
Crime/Disasters |
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Schooner crew has a lucky escape during a storm of the East Coast |
Slavery/Abolition |
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In Georgia, Vice-President A.H. Stephens pronounces slavery the foundation of the new Confederacy |
Battles/Soldiers |
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In Mississippi, Governor Pettus provides two regiments of infantry to the new Confederate Army |
Education/Culture |
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In London, Oxford wins the eighteenth annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race |
Campaigns/Elections |
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A secessionist flag flies near the Frankford Arsenal in north-east Philadelphia |
Campaigns/Elections |
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Philadelphia Constitutional Unionists support the postponement of the city elections |
Crime/Disasters |
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In New York City, thousands of newly-bound books burn in a massive fire |