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January 29: The Compromise of 1850was introduced in the U.S. Congress. The legislation would eventually pass and be highly controversial, but it essentially delayed the Civil War by a decade. February 1: Edward "Eddie" Lincoln, a four-year-old son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, died in Springfield, Illinois. July 9: President Zachary Taylordied ...
May 1: An enormous exhibition of technology opened in London with a ceremony attended by Queen Victoria and the event's sponsor, her husband Prince Albert. Prize-winning innovations shown at the Great Exhibition included photographs by Mathew Brady and the reaper of Cyrus McCormick. September 11: In what became known as the Christiana Riot, a Maryl...
March 20: Harriet Beecher Stowe published "Uncle Tom’s Cabin." June 29: Death of Henry Clay. The great legislator's body was taken from Washington, D.C. to his home in Kentucky and elaborate funeral observances were held in cities along the way. July 4: Frederick Douglassdelivered notable speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro.” October 24:...
March 4: Franklin Pierce sworn in as President of the United States. July 8:Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Japanese harbor near present day Tokyo with four American warships, demanding to deliver a letter to the emperor of Japan. December 30: Gadsden Purchasesigned.
March 28: Britain and France declare war on Russia, enteringThe Crimean War. The conflict between was costly and had a very confusing purpose. March 31:Treaty of Kanagawa signed. The treaty opened Japan up for trade, after considerable pressure from the United States. May 30: The Kansas-Nebraska Actsigned into law. The legislation, designed to less...
January 28:The Panama Railroad opened, and the first locomotive to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean traveled on it. March 8: British photographer Roger Fenton, with his wagon of photographic gear, arrived at the Crimean War. He would make the first serious effort to photograph a war. July 4: Walt Whitmanpublished his first editio...
February 18: The Know-Nothing Party held a convention and nominates former president Millard Fillmoreas its presidential candidate. May 22: Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was attacked and beaten with a canein the U.S. Senate chamber by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina. The nearly fatal beating was prompted by a speech the an...
March 4: James Buchanan was inaugurated as President of the United States. He became very ill at his own inauguration, raising questions in the pressabout whether he had been poisoned in a failed assassination attempt. March 6: The Dred Scott Decisionwas announced by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision, which asserted that Black people could not b...
August–October 1858: Perennial rivals Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln held a series of seven debates in Illinoiswhile running for a U.S. Senate seat. Douglas won the election, but the debates elevated Lincoln, and his anti-slavery views, to national prominence. Newspaper stenographers wrote down the content of the debates, and portions that wer...
August 27: The first oil wellwas drilled in Pennsylvania to a depth of 69 feet. The following morning it was discovered to be successful. The modest well would lead to a revolution as petroleum taken from the ground would propel the rise of industry. September 15: Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the brilliant British engineer. At the time of his ...
1850. January 29, 1850 - Debate on the future of slavery in the territories escalates when Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. On March 7, Senator Daniel Webster endorses the bill as a measure to avert a possible civil war. More.
Events January–March. January – Sacramento floods. January 29 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to Congress. January 31 – The University of Rochester is chartered in Rochester, New York; it admits its first students in November; c. January–February – The Liberty Head double eagle first issued for commerce.
Historical Events for the Year 1850. 29th January » Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the Congress of the United States or U.S. Congress. 5th March » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. 7th March » United States Senate named Senator Daniel Webster gives ...
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1850-1877: Government and Politics: Overview. National Epic. The events of 1850-1877 form the central drama in the history of American politics, a sequence of riveting episodes enacted by a cast of colorful characters and featuring astonishing twists of plot with profound implications.
