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1853, December 30 – The Gadsden Purchase gives territory from Mexico to the United States, establishing the present-day border with Mexico. 1861–1865 – The American Civil War happens. After the Confederate States of America (CSA) is founded in February of the year, war breaks out in April between the Unionists and the Confederates of the ...
The Papal States (/ ˈ p eɪ p ə l / PAY-pəl; Italian: Stato Pontificio; Latin: Dicio Pontificia), officially the State of the Church, [7] were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope from 756 to 1870. [8]
Papal States – States of the Church Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay Parma – Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (to December 8, 1859) Perak – Sultanate of Perak; Persia – Sublime State of Persia Peru – Peruvian Republic; Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state. Border disputes between the new state and Mexico, which had never recognized Texas independence and still considered the area a renegade Mexican state, led to the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). When the war concluded, Mexico ...
Consular officers from the Papal States were stationed in various parts of the United States until 1867. [1] Among them was a consulate in New York City. [5] Relations ended in 1870 following the Unification of Italy when the Papal States were dissolved and incorporated into a singular Italian state. In 1867 the American mission to the Papal ...
1853 establishments in the Papal States (1 P) This page was last edited on 26 June 2021, at 10:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
After the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, Congress passed the Act of 1854 declaring the southern boundary of the Territory of New Mexico. This basically gave all Gadsden Purchase lands to New Mexico (which then included what is now Arizona), thereby creating a 12-mile-long Rio Grande boundary between the State of Texas and New Mexico Territory.
It recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary of Texas and ceded what is now the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico to the United States, while also paying Mexico $15,000,000 for the territory. In the presidential election of 1848, Zachary Taylor ran as a Whig and won easily when the Democrats split ...