Events on May 15 in history

Bloody Island massacre (May 15, 1850)

The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry.

The Bloody Island Massacre occurred on an island in Clear Lake, California, on May 15, 1850.

A number of the Pomo, an indigenous people of California, had been enslaved by two settlers, Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone, and confined to one village, where they were starved and abused, until they rebelled and murdered their captors. In response, the U.S. Cavalry murdered at least 60 of the local Pomo.

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Events on 1850

29 Jan

Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
7 Mar

Compromise of 1850
Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
29 Jun

Church of Greece
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
18 Sep

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
29 Sep

Universalis Ecclesiae
The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.

Events on May 15 in history

Bloody Island massacre (May 15, 1850)

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Events on 1850

Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850

Church of Greece

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Universalis Ecclesiae