WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1850
Find out what all happened March to May 1850

The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. (5. March 1850)

Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. (4. April 1850)

American Express was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo. (18. March 1850)

The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry, led by Nathaniel Lyon. (15. May 1850)

Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. (7. March 1850)

The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground in suspicious circumstances. (4. April 1850)

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