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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* March 3 - Britain and France declare war on China, beginning the [[Opium Wars|Second Opium War]]. | * March 3 - Britain and France declare war on China, beginning the [[Opium Wars|Second Opium War]]. | ||
* March 4 - [[James Buchanan]] officially takes office as the 15th President of the United States, succeeding [[Franklin Pierce]]. | |||
* March 6 - In ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'', the United States Supreme Court rules that African-Americans are not American citizens and do not have the same rights as white Americans. | * March 6 - In ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'', the United States Supreme Court rules that African-Americans are not American citizens and do not have the same rights as white Americans. | ||
* May 1 - [[William Walker]], the unrecognized President of Nicaragua, is forced out of the presidency by a coalition of Central American armies. | * May 1 - [[William Walker]], the unrecognized President of Nicaragua, is forced out of the presidency by a coalition of Central American armies. | ||