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John Marshall appointed US chief justice.
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Ludwig van Beethoven composes his famous piano piece "Für Elise".
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Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812.
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Missouri Compromise passes, allowing Missouri to join the United States despite slavery still being legal there.
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US Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for the forced relocation of the Eastern Indian tribes via the "Trail of Tears".
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New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston).
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Michigan admitted as 26th US state.
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Senator Henry Clay drafts the Compromise of 1850 to defuse tensions between slave states and free states over territories won during the Mexican-American War.
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Battle of Beverly, West Virginia, Confederate forces attack Union post.
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Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US.