1854

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Events

U.S. Commodore (American was far too egalitarian to have admirals then) Matthew C. Perry signs "The General Convention of Peace and Amity" with representatives of the Japanese bakufu, or tent (military) government of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
U.S. diplomats draft the Ostend Manifesto, a document urging that the U.S. to annex Cuba for the security of slavery. If Spain refuses to sell the island, it should be taken by invasion.
Jean Grave is born.

Timeline

April 26: Julius A. Wayland is born in Indiana.
October 25: Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War.

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