Event

Koszta Affair

2 Jul 1853 · 41.83° N, 92.21° W

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When
2 Jul 1853
Kind
Event
Coordinates
41.83° N, 92.21° W

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Koszta.

Summary

Koszta Affair: American Captain Duncan Ingraham commanding the USS St. Louis threatens to open fire upon an Austrian ship holding Martin Koszta as a prisoner. Koszta, who is in the process of obtaining American citizenship, is later returned to the U.S.

Koszta Affair

1853 diplomatic episode between Austria and the USA

The Koszta Affair (1853) was the name applied to a diplomatic episode between the United States and the Austrian Empire involving the rights in foreign countries of new Americans who were not yet fully naturalized.

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