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March 1 - Democrat Samuel Smith becomes President Pro Tempore Of The United States Senate until December 4

March 19 - City Bank Of New York is the site of the first Bank Robbery in United States History ($245,000 taken).

April 21 - New York University is founded in New York City , New York .

August 21 - Outbreak of Nat Turner 's slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia . Approximately 55 whites stabbed, shot and clubbed to death.

October 30 - In Southampton County, Virginia , escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest Slave Revolt in United States history.

November 11 - In Jerusalem, Virginia , Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent Slave Uprising .

nation asked for an injunction, claiming that Georgia 's state legislature had created laws which, "go directly to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society". The injunction was denied.

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