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Michigan became the 26th state
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John Quincy Adams argues rights of Amistad slaves
John Quincy Adams argues for the right to free slaves on the Spanish slave ship Amistad before the Supreme Court. -
Edgar Allan Poe publishes The Fall of the House of Usher
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Samuel Morse patents his telegraph.
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US population was 17,069,453.
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William Harrison Inaugurated
William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as 9th President. After a very long inauguration ceromony, the 68-year-old Harrison contracts pneumonia and dies on April 4. Vice-President John Tyler becomes the 10th US President. -
First detective story published
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in Rue Morgue is considered to be the first detective story. -
First Morse Code
First Morse code communication was sent on a line built between Boston and Delaware. It read, “What hath God wrought” -
Potato Famine leads to Irish immigrants
A large number of Irish immigrants came to America because of a potato famine in Ireland. -
A game called baseball?
Alexander Cartwright and the New York Knickerbockers create the rules of baseball. -
Manifest Destiny
President Polk recommends to Congress that the US should aggressively expand west. -
First conflict of Mexican American War
The first conflict of the Mexican American War occurs at Palo Alto, Texas. Five days later, Congress declared war on Mexico. -
American Medical Association created
The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia. -
Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California at Sutter’s Mill, starting the Gold Rush.
