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Personal William Stoker’s family moves to Troup County, Georgia
Religion/Philosophy Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Lawmaking/Litigating The 31st Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC
Foreign Hong Xiuquan leads Taiping Rebellion in China
Slavery/Abolition First fugitive slave case in Philadelphia under new federal law
Legal/Political - The first National Women's Rights Convention held in Worcester, Massachusetts
Religion/Philosophy All Saints Day
Foreign The conservative Chilean government declares a state of siege
Personal Tubman returns to Maryland to rescue her niece
Legal/Political The second session of the 31st Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political - The second session of the 31st Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1850 and early March, 1851
Education/Culture French painter Gustave Courbet exhibits "Burial at Ornans" and "The Stonebreakers" in Paris
Foreign Gold is discovered in southern Australia
Slavery/Abolition Mob frees fugitive Shadrach Minkins after his arrest in Boston
Legal/Political Congress authorizes the three cent silver coin
Legal/Political In Washington DC, the 31st Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns
Religion/Philosophy Ash Wednesday
Foreign Conservatives in Spain reestablish Catholicism as the state religion
Religion/Philosophy Moncure Daniel Conway becomes junior minister for Methodist Church
Legal/Political Gap Gang in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, kidnaps older black resident
Religion/Philosophy Palm Sunday
Crime/Disasters Minot's Ledge Lighthouse swept away in a storm
Religion/Philosophy Passover begins
Religion/Philosophy Good Friday
Religion/Philosophy Easter Sunday
Cultural Cooper Union founded in New York City
Religion/Philosophy Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated in Wisconsin
Science/Technology Mechanical refrigerator patented in Florida
Science/Technology Linus Yale patents his lock
Cultural The Adelphean Society, the first secret society for women of which we know, founded in Macon, Georgia