Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1854 - Events. January 4 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. January 13 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas. January 21 - Loss of the Tayleur - 380 drowned, later dubbed "the first Titanic" February 11 - Major stree ...

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1854 in rail transport, 1854 in rail transport - Events, 1854 in rail transport - February events, 1854 in rail transport - June events, 1854 in rail transport - July events, 1854 in rail transport - August events, 1854 in rail transport - October events, 1854 in rail transport - Unknown date events, 1854 in rail transport - Births, 1854 in rail transport - January births, 1854 in rail transport - February births, 1854 in rail transport - Deaths, 1854 in rail transport - February deaths

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1854 in rail transport - January births. January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (d. 1932). 1854 in rail transport - February births. February 14 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1927 (d. 1928). ...

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1854 was unique, seeing a new group rise. Some reformers were unhappy with the slow pace of reforms, and began to oppose the reformist government. They called themselvs "Clear Grits" in Canada West, and gained the support of the Liberals and Rouges in Canada East. Also, around this time, the Tories began to refer to their group as the "Conservative Party". In order to stay in government, the moderate reformers formed a coalition with the Conservatives. The better-formed Conservative party took over the Reform Party, and the remaining ...

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List of elections in the Province of Canada, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1841, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1844, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1848, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1852, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1854, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1858, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1861, List of elections in the Province of Canada - 1863, List of elections in the Province of Canada - Further Reference

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The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. The party was first established in 1854 by Northerners who were opposed to the spread of slavery, and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the nation. In the modern political era, the GOP is usually considered the more socially conservative and economically neoliberal of the two major parties. The current President, George W. Bush, is the party lead ...

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Republican Party United States - History and trends
Republican Party United States - Birth: 1854-1860 Republican Party United States - 1860-1896 Republican Party United States - Early twentieth century Republican Party United States - Second half of the twentieth century Republican Party United States - Moderate Republicans of 1940-80
Republican Party United States - Reagan Era 1980-1992 Republican Party United States - Capture the House 1994 Republican Party United States - 2000 to Present Republican Party United States - Current structure and composition
Republican Party United States - Factions
Republican Party United States - Future trends realignment? Republican Party United States - Presidential tickets Republican Party United States - Other noted Republicans
Republican Party United States - Present-day: active Republican Party United States - Active in 1970-2000; alive but less active in politics today Republican Party United States - Historical
Republican Party United States - Lists

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The Babri Mosque (also Babri Masjid بابری مسجد) was a mosque constructed by order of the first Mugal emperor of India, Babur, in Ayodhya in the 16th century. Before the 1940s, the Mosque was called Masjid-i Janmasthan ("mosque of the birthplace"). The mosque stood on the Ramkot ("Rama's fort") hill (also called Janamsthan ("birthplace"). It was destroyed in a r ...

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Babri Mosque - Architecture of the Mosque Babri Mosque - Babri Masjid acoustic & cooling system Babri Mosque - Legend of the Babri Mosque’s miraculous well Babri Mosque - History
Babri Mosque - 1528 Babri Mosque - 1767 Babri Mosque - 19th century Babri Mosque - 1854 Babri Mosque - 1855 Babri Mosque - 1858 Babri Mosque - 1886 Babri Mosque - 20th century Babri Mosque - November 2 1989 Babri Mosque - 1990 Babri Mosque - November 2 1990 Babri Mosque - January 24 1991 Babri Mosque - 1992 Babri Mosque - December 6 1992: the destruction of the Babri Masjid Babri Mosque - 2002 Babri Mosque - 2005
Babri Mosque - Babur Babri Mosque - The Ayodhya Debate

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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: [ˈsœːɔn ˈkʰiɔ̯g̊əˌg̊ɔːˀ]), May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855), a 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian, is generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. Philosophically, he bridged the gap that existed between Hegelian philosophy and what was to become Existentialism. Kierkegaard strongly criticised both the Hegelian philosophy of his time, and what he saw as the empty formalities of the Danish church. Much of h ...

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Søren Kierkegaard - Life
Søren Kierkegaard - Early years 1813–1841 Søren Kierkegaard - Regine Olsen 1837–1841 Søren Kierkegaard - The First Authorship 1841–1846 Søren Kierkegaard - The Corsair Affair 1845–1846 Søren Kierkegaard - The Second Authorship 1846–1853 Søren Kierkegaard - Attack Upon Christendom 1854–1855
Søren Kierkegaard - Indirect communication and pseudonymous authorship Søren Kierkegaard - The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard on Schelling Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard on Schopenhauer Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard on Hegel Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard and Christendom Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard in contemporary ethical theory Søren Kierkegaard - Important elements of Kierkegaard's philosophy
Søren Kierkegaard - Alienation Søren Kierkegaard - Abstraction Søren Kierkegaard - Death Søren Kierkegaard - Dread or anxiety Søren Kierkegaard - Despair Søren Kierkegaard - The individual Søren Kierkegaard - Spheres of existence Søren Kierkegaard - Subjectivity Søren Kierkegaard - Pathos Passion
Søren Kierkegaard - Criticisms of Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard's influence Søren Kierkegaard - Selected bibliography Søren Kierkegaard - Notes

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of slavery into federal territories, and his victory in the 1860 presidential election further polarized an already divided nation. Before his inauguration in March of 1861, seven southern slave st ...

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Abraham Lincoln - Early life Abraham Lincoln - Early career Abraham Lincoln - Marriage Abraham Lincoln - Illinois politics Abraham Lincoln - Prairie Lawyer Abraham Lincoln - Republican Politics 1854-1860 Abraham Lincoln - Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln - Secession winter 1860-61 Abraham Lincoln - War begins: 1861-62 Abraham Lincoln - Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln - Important domestic measures of Lincoln's first term Abraham Lincoln - 1864 election and second inauguration Abraham Lincoln - Civil War and reconstruction Abraham Lincoln - Conducting the war effort Abraham Lincoln - Homefront Abraham Lincoln - Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln - Assassination Abraham Lincoln - Legacy and memorials Abraham Lincoln - Trivia Abraham Lincoln - Presidential appointments
Abraham Lincoln - Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln - Major presidential acts Abraham Lincoln - States admitted to the Union Abraham Lincoln - Scholarly secondary sources: Biographies Abraham Lincoln - Scholarly Secondary Sources: Specialty topics Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln in art and popular culture Abraham Lincoln - Primary Sources Abraham Lincoln - Neoconfederate Criticisms of Lincoln Abraham Lincoln - Documents at Project Gutenberg

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In 1792 a group of merchants made the "Buttonwood Agreement" and began meeting under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street, beginning the New York Stock Exchange, while a yellow fever epidemic that summer sent New Yorkers fleeing (north) to nearby healthful Greenwich Village. In 1797, Hamilton's great rival, Aaron Burr, became head of Tammany Hall and turned it increasingly toward politics to support him in the 1800 presidential elect ...

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History of New York City 1784-1854, History of New York City 1784-1854 - Federal City, History of New York City 1784-1854 - Economic development and immigration, History of New York City 1784-1854 - Rise of the immigrant city

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which expressly repealed the limits on slavery's spread that had been part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, drew Lincoln back into politics. Illinois Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, the most powerful man in the Senate, proposed popular sovereignty as the solution to the slavery impasse, incorporating it into the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Douglas argued that in a democracy the people of a territory should decide whether to allow slavery or not, and not have a decision imposed on them by Congress. It was a speech ag ...

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Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln - Early life, Abraham Lincoln - Early career, Abraham Lincoln - Marriage, Abraham Lincoln - Illinois politics, Abraham Lincoln - Prairie Lawyer, Abraham Lincoln - Republican Politics 1854-1860, Abraham Lincoln - Election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln - Secession winter 1860-61, Abraham Lincoln - War begins: 1861-62, Abraham Lincoln - Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln - Important domestic measures of Lincoln's first term, Abraham Lincoln - 1864 election and second inauguration, Abraham Lincoln - Civil War and reconstruction, Abraham Lincoln - Conducting the war effort, Abraham Lincoln - Homefront, Abraham Lincoln - Reconstruction, Abraham Lincoln - Assassination, Abraham Lincoln - Legacy and memorials, Abraham Lincoln - Trivia, Abraham Lincoln - Presidential appointments, Abraham Lincoln - Cabinet, Abraham Lincoln - Supreme Court, Abraham Lincoln - Major presidential acts, Abraham Lincoln - States admitted to the Union, Abraham Lincoln - Scholarly secondary sources: Biographies, Abraham Lincoln - Scholarly Secondary Sources: Specialty topics, Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln in art and popular culture, Abraham Lincoln - Primary Sources, Abraham Lincoln - Neoconfederate Criticisms of Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln - Documents at Project Gutenberg

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Matthew Perry naval officer - Precedents. Perry's expedition to Japan was preceded by several naval expeditions by American ships: From 1797 to 1809, several American ships traded in Nagasaki under the Dutch flag, upon the request of the Dutch who were not able to send their own ships because of their conflict against Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1837, an American businessman in Canton, named Charles W. King saw an opportunity to open trade by trying to return to Japan t ...

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Matthew Perry naval officer, Matthew Perry naval officer - Early Life and Naval Career, Matthew Perry naval officer - Command Assignments 1820s-1840s, Matthew Perry naval officer - Support for Naval Education and Modernization, Matthew Perry naval officer - Promotion to Commodore, Matthew Perry naval officer - The Mexican-American War, Matthew Perry naval officer - The Opening of Japan: 1852-1854, Matthew Perry naval officer - Precedents, Matthew Perry naval officer - First Visit 1852-1853, Matthew Perry naval officer - Second Visit 1854, Matthew Perry naval officer - Return to the United States 1855, Matthew Perry naval officer - Last Years, Matthew Perry naval officer - Miscellany, Matthew Perry naval officer - Fictional depictions

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The American War of Independence began in 1775 when the Thirteen Colonies rose up against British rule. Many Americans, however, sought to remain with the British Empire and duly fought for the British, and were known as Loyalists. Five American units were placed on the regular establishment, known as the American Establishment (formed in 1779) though there were many other Loyalist units. Upon the independence of America and the end of the war in 1783, many of the Loyalist forces fled north to Canada, where many subsequently served with the ...

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History of the British Army, History of the British Army - Origins 1661-1774, History of the British Army - American Revolution Napoleonic Wars and the Long Peace 1774-1854, History of the British Army - Crimea Mutiny Colonial Wars & the Cardwell-Childers reforms 1854-1914, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - The Great War 1914-18, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Equipment, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Inter-War Period 1919-1939, History of the British Army - World War II 1939-1945, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - End of Empire and Cold War 1945-1990, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Age of Mobility 1990-present, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Terminology, History of the British Army - Official rifle of the Army 1722-2005

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History of the British Army - Organisation. Due to the Indian Mutiny (1857-58), the Army was extremely overstretched, to such an extent that Canadian volunteers raised a regiment for the British Army for serve in India, titled the 100th (or Prince of Wales's Royal Canadians) Regiment of Foot; it did not, however, see service there. In the aftermath of the Mutiny, control of India was transferred from the East India Company to the Crown. The so-called 'European' regiments of the East India Company were transferred ...

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History of the British Army, History of the British Army - Origins 1661-1774, History of the British Army - American Revolution Napoleonic Wars and the Long Peace 1774-1854, History of the British Army - Crimea Mutiny Colonial Wars & the Cardwell-Childers reforms 1854-1914, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - The Great War 1914-18, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Equipment, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Inter-War Period 1919-1939, History of the British Army - World War II 1939-1945, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - End of Empire and Cold War 1945-1990, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Age of Mobility 1990-present, History of the British Army - Organisation, History of the British Army - Operations, History of the British Army - Terminology, History of the British Army - Official rifle of the Army 1722-2005

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Tribes of Delaware Indians were the original occupants in the area, which would become Philadelphia County. The first European settlers would be groups of Swedes and Finns who arrived in 1638. The Dutch then seized the area in 1655, but permanently lost control to England in 1674. Penn’s charter for Pennsylvania was received from Charles II of England in 1681, and was followed by Penn’s November 1682 division of Pennsylvania into three counties. In the same year Philadelphia was laid out, it was also made the ...

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Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - History, Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - Government, Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - Districts Townships and Boroughs of the County of Philadelphia Before 1854

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Currently Philadelphia County has no government structure, although this has not always been the case. Prior to the Act of Consolidation in 1854 a Board of Commissioners in accordance with the law of Pennsylvania at the time, governed the county. The origins of the Board of Commissioners are found in the office of Tax Assessor in Philadelphia County, established by an Act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on 27 November 1700. Tax Assessor was a office of six persons, elected annually to estimate the County's fiscal needs, to make an assessment and levy a tax to mee ...

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Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - History, Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - Government, Philadelphia County Pennsylvania - Districts Townships and Boroughs of the County of Philadelphia Before 1854

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No record of San Jacinto's commissioning ceremony has been found, but her first commanding officer, Captain Thomas Crabbe, reported on board on 18 November 1851. The earliest page of the ship's log which has survived is dated 26 February 1852, but San Jacinto's service began earlier. Some evidence suggests that the frigate got under way for test runs late in 1851. Built as an experimental ship to test new propulsion concepts, the screw frigate was plagued by balky engines and unreliable machinery throughout her career. Yet, San Ja ...

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USS San Jacinto 1850, USS San Jacinto 1850 - European service 1852-1854, USS San Jacinto 1850 - Home Squadron and West Indian Squadron 1855, USS San Jacinto 1850 - East Indian Squadron 1855-1859, USS San Jacinto 1850 - African Squadron 1859-1861, USS San Jacinto 1850 - American Civil War 1861-1865, USS San Jacinto 1850 - 1861, USS San Jacinto 1850 - 1862, USS San Jacinto 1850 - 1863, USS San Jacinto 1850 - 1864, USS San Jacinto 1850 - 1865

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In 1872 the Local Government Board (Ireland) was formed. One of its duties was to consider applications for the formation of commissioners under the 1854 act, and for alteration of the areas of existing local government towns. The board issued annual reports on its activities, detailing the finances and condition of the various municipalities under its control. In 1878 Ireland was divided into sanitary districts, with all commissioners in towns with a population of more than 6000 becoming urban sanitary authorities. The Local Government Board had the power to designate ...

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Town Commissioners, Town Commissioners - Lighting of Towns Act 1828, Town Commissioners - Municipal reform 1840, Town Commissioners - Towns Improvement Ireland Act 1854, Town Commissioners - Townships established by Local Acts, Town Commissioners - Changes in the 1870s, Town Commissioners - List of Towns with Commissioners in 1881, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1854 Act, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1828 Act, Town Commissioners - Towns and Townships under Special Acts, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the Municipal Corporations Act, Town Commissioners - Changes in 1899 - 1901, Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners in Northern Ireland, Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners in independent Ireland, Town Commissioners - List of Town Commissioners in Ireland 1922 - 2002, Town Commissioners - Sources

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The report of the Municipal Boundaries Commissioners (Ireland) in 1881 listed 102 towns in Ireland with commissioners: Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1854 Act. There were 76 such towns in 1881: Arklow, County Wicklow Athy, County Kildare Ardee, County Louth Athlone, County Roscommon and County Westmeath Antrim, County Antrim Aughnacloy, County Tyrone Bagenalstown, County Carlow Balbriggan, County Dublin Ball ...

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Town Commissioners, Town Commissioners - Lighting of Towns Act 1828, Town Commissioners - Municipal reform 1840, Town Commissioners - Towns Improvement Ireland Act 1854, Town Commissioners - Townships established by Local Acts, Town Commissioners - Changes in the 1870s, Town Commissioners - List of Towns with Commissioners in 1881, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1854 Act, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1828 Act, Town Commissioners - Towns and Townships under Special Acts, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the Municipal Corporations Act, Town Commissioners - Changes in 1899 - 1901, Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners in Northern Ireland, Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners in independent Ireland, Town Commissioners - List of Town Commissioners in Ireland 1922 - 2002, Town Commissioners - Sources

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In the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland, town commissioners continued to exist until 2002. The 1854 act was still occasionally used to create new local government towns. The Local Government Act 1925 enabled existing town commissioners to dissolve themselves and for urban district councils to downgrade themselves to commissioners. Where commissioners ceased to exist, their duties were taken over by the county council. However, the town still had a legal existence and separate rates were levied in its area, and ...

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Town Commissioners, Town Commissioners - Lighting of Towns Act 1828, Town Commissioners - Municipal reform 1840, Town Commissioners - Towns Improvement Ireland Act 1854, Town Commissioners - Townships established by Local Acts, Town Commissioners - Changes in the 1870s, Town Commissioners - List of Towns with Commissioners in 1881, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1854 Act, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1828 Act, Town Commissioners - Towns and Townships under Special Acts, Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the Municipal Corporations Act, Town Commissioners - Changes in 1899 - 1901, Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners in Northern Ireland, Town Commissioners - Town Commissioners in independent Ireland, Town Commissioners - List of Town Commissioners in Ireland 1922 - 2002, Town Commissioners - Sources

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List of political parties in the United States - First Party System before 1824. Democratic-Republican Party (also known as “Jeffersonian Republican Party”, “Republican Party”, “Anti-Federalist Party”) Federalist Party List of political parties in the United States - Second Party System 1824–1854. Anti-Masonic Party Constitutional Union Party Free Soil Party Liberty Party National Republican PartySee also:

List of political parties in the United States, List of political parties in the United States - Introduction, List of political parties in the United States - Categorizing U.S. political parties, List of political parties in the United States - Current major parties, List of political parties in the United States - Current third parties, List of political parties in the United States - Current minor and regional parties that have endorsed candidates, List of political parties in the United States - Historical political parties, List of political parties in the United States - First Party System before 1824, List of political parties in the United States - Second Party System 1824–1854, List of political parties in the United States - Third Party System 1854–1896, List of political parties in the United States - Progressive Era/Fourth Party System 1896–1932, List of political parties in the United States - New Deal/Fifth Party System 1932–1964, List of political parties in the United States - Later 20th century, List of political parties in the United States - Other lists

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