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Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the Universit
Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the h
Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the U
Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, G
The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de…
USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and current museum ship in…
The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are…
The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier
The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier
The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina