May 08 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire

May 02 Sabbath famine

May 04 New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration

May 05 The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.

May 31 Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens

Jan 01 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing

Jan 08 Battle of San Gabriel (Navy, Marines, Army defeat Mexicans in CA)

Jan 10 American naval forces occupy Los Angeles.

Jan 01 Michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment

Jan 30 Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco

Jan 01 Michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment

Jan 14 Conspiracy in New Mexico against US

Jan 01 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing

Jan 03 California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco

Jan 24 1,500 New Mexican Indians &Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price

Jan 09 The first San Francisco newspaper published (California Star)

Jan 15 The first Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in New York City NY

Jan 03 California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco

Feb 25 State University of Iowa is approved

Feb 22 Battle of Buena Vista US troops beat Mexican army

Feb 23 General Zachary Taylor leads US troops to defeat Mexican General Santa Anna and his army at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.

Feb 04 The first US telegraph company established in Maryland

Feb 28 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento

Feb 11 The birth of Thomas Edison, American inventor

Apr 10 The birth of Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper owner

Apr 13 Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico

Nov 21 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200

Nov 29 Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla

Nov 08 The birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author

Sep 10 The first theater opens in Hawaii

Sep 05 The birth of Jesse James, American outlaw of the Wild West

Sep 14 US troops under General Scott enter Mexico City

Sep 16 Shakespeares home in Stratford Upon Avon purchased for preservation

Jun 14 Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide

Jun 22 Doughnut created

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