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1801
John Marshall appointed US chief justice. -
1810
Ludwig van Beethoven composes his famous piano piece "Für Elise". -
1812
Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812. -
1820
Missouri Compromise passes, allowing Missouri to join the United States despite slavery still being legal there. -
1825
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". -
1832
New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston). -
1837
Michigan admitted as 26th US state. -
1850
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. -
1865
Battle of Beverly, West Virginia, Confederate forces attack Union post. -
1876
Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US.