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1850 events..................

# January 29 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress

# February 28 - University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah

# March 7 - United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.

March 16 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is published.

March 19 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo.

April 4 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.

April 15 - San Francisco, California is incorporated as a city.

May 7 - The Brigantine USS Advance is loaned to the United States Navy.

May 16 - French battleship Le Napoléon is launched.