WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1856
Find out what all happened March to May 1856

The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont. (10. April 1856)

Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces. (21. May 1856)

The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War. (30. March 1856)

Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up. (11. April 1856)

The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of the Queen Isabela II of Spain. (1. May 1856)

John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. (24. May 1856)

Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). (22. May 1856)

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