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May1854

Historical Events in May 1854

May 1 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes
May 5 British Commodore James Plumridge attacks Finnish settlements in Gulf of Bothnia, killing civilans and destroying British-owned goods.

Félibrige

May 21 Frederic Mistral, Joseph Roumanille, and five other Provencal poets found Félibrige, a literary and cultural association

Provençal Poet Frederic Mistral

May 24 Escaped slave Anthony Burns is arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act
May 27 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to San Francisco completed

Paddington Station Opens

May 29 Paddington Station, London's terminus for the Great Western Railway opens, with a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel [1]

Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel

May 30 Kansas-Nebraska Act repeals Missouri Compromise creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska

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