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★14 Jul 1798
The Sedition Act became law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.

★22 Jul 1802
Gia Long conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

★27 Nov 1815
As specified by the Congress of Vienna, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed for the newly recreated Polish state that was under Russian control.

★24 Dec 1818
"Silent Night", a Christmas carol by Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber, was first performed in a church in Austria.

★28 May 1830
U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

★13 Oct 1843
B'nai B'rith, the oldest continually operating Jewish service organization in the world, was founded in New York City.

★21 May 1856
A crowd of about 800 pro-slavery Americans ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas.

★04 Apr 1859
Bryant's Minstrels premiered the popular American song "Dixie" in New York City as part of their blackface minstrel show.

★24 Mar 1860
Rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain assassinated Japanese Chief Minister Ii Naosuke, upset with his role in the opening of Japan to foreign powers.

★05 Feb 1861
Rep. John Edward Bouligny of New Orleans delivered a speech before Congress refusing to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.

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