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Type	Date Span	Title
Personal	Wed, September 11, 1850	William Stoker’s family moves to Troup County, Georgia
Religion/Philosophy	Mon, September 16, 1850	Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, September 30, 1850	The 31st Congress ends its first session in Washington, DC
Foreign	Thu, October 10, 1850	Hong Xiuquan leads Taiping Rebellion in China
Slavery/Abolition	Sat, October 19, 1850	First fugitive slave case in Philadelphia under new federal law
Legal/Political	Wed, October 23, 1850 - Thu, October 24, 1850	The first National Women's Rights Convention held in Worcester, Massachusetts
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, November 1, 1850	All Saints Day
Foreign	Tue, November 5, 1850	The conservative Chilean government declares a state of siege
Personal	Sun, December 1, 1850	Tubman returns to Maryland to rescue her niece
Legal/Political	Mon, December 2, 1850	The second session of the 31st Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Tue, December 3, 1850 - Sun, March 2, 1851	The second session of the 31st Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1850 and early March, 1851
Education/Culture	Mon, December 30, 1850	French painter Gustave Courbet exhibits "Burial at Ornans" and "The Stonebreakers" in Paris
Foreign	Wed, February 12, 1851	Gold is discovered in southern Australia
Slavery/Abolition	Sat, February 15, 1851	Mob frees fugitive Shadrach Minkins after his arrest in Boston
Legal/Political	Mon, March 3, 1851	Congress authorizes the three cent silver coin
Legal/Political	Mon, March 3, 1851	In Washington DC, the 31st Congress of the United States finishes its term and adjourns
Religion/Philosophy	Wed, March 5, 1851	Ash Wednesday
Foreign	Sun, March 16, 1851	Conservatives in Spain reestablish Catholicism as the state religion
Religion/Philosophy	Mon, March 17, 1851	Moncure Daniel Conway becomes junior minister for Methodist Church
Legal/Political	Wed, March 26, 1851	Gap Gang in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, kidnaps older black resident
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, April 13, 1851	Palm Sunday
Crime/Disasters	Wed, April 16, 1851	Minot's Ledge Lighthouse swept away in a storm
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, April 17, 1851	Passover begins
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, April 18, 1851	Good Friday
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, April 20, 1851	Easter Sunday
Cultural	Tue, April 29, 1851	Cooper Union founded in New York City
Religion/Philosophy	Sat, May 3, 1851	Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated in Wisconsin
Science/Technology	Tue, May 6, 1851	Mechanical refrigerator patented in Florida
Science/Technology	Tue, May 6, 1851	Linus Yale patents his lock
Cultural	Thu, May 15, 1851	The Adelphean Society, the first secret society for women of which we know, founded in Macon, Georgia