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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Boston Tea Party 1773-12-16
Siege of Boston 1775-04-19 - 1776-03-17
American Revolutionary War 1775-04-19 - 1783-09-03
Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775-04-19
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga 1775-05-10 - 1775-05-10
Battle of Bunker Hill 1775-06-17
Battle of Quebec (1775) 1775-12-31 - 1775-12-31
Battle of Sullivan's Island 1776-06-28 - 1776-06-28
Declaration of Independence 1776-07-04
Battle of Long Island 1776-08-26
Battle of Valcour Island 1776-10-11 - 1776-10-13
Battle of White Plains 1776-10-28 - 1776-10-28
Battle of Fort Washington 1776-11-16 - 1776-11-16
Battle of Trenton 1776-12-26
Battle of Princeton 1777-01-03
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) 1777-07-02 - 1777-07-06
Battle of Bennington 1777-08-16 - 1777-08-16
Battle of Brandywine 1777-09-11
Battle of Saratoga 1777-09-19 - 1777-10-17
Battle of Germantown 1777-10-04
Treaty of Alliance 1778-02-06
Battle of Monmouth 1778-06-28
Battle of Rhode Island 1778-08-29 - 1778-08-29
Battle of Stony Point 1779-07-16 - 1779-07-16
Penobscot Expedition 1779-07-24 - 1779-08-14
Siege of Savannah 1779-09-16 - 1779-10-18
Battle of Flamborough Head 1779-09-23 - 1779-09-23
Siege of Charleston 1780-03-29 - 1780-05-12
Battle of Waxhaws 1780-05-29 - 1780-05-29
Battle of Springfield 1780-06-23
Battle of Camden 1780-08-16 - 1780-08-16
Battle of Kings Mountain 1780-10-07
Battle of Cowpens 1781-01-17 - 1781-01-17
Articles of Confederation 1781-03-01
Siege of Pensacola 1781-03-09 - 1781-05-10
Battle of Guilford Courthouse 1781-03-15
Battle of the Chesapeake 1781-09-05 - 1781-09-05
Battle of Eutaw Springs 1781-09-08 - 1781-09-08
Siege of Yorktown 1781-09-28 - 1781-10-19
Battle of the Saintes 1782-04-09 - 1782-04-12
Treaty of Paris 1783-09-03
French Revolution 1789-05-05 - 1799-11-09
Storming of the Bastille 1789-07-14
Haitian Revolution 1791-08-21 - 1804-01-01
French Revolutionary Wars 1792-04-20 - 1802-03-25
Execution of Louis XVI 1793-01-21
Reign of Terror 1793-09-05 - 1794-07-28
Battle of Montenotte 1796-04-12 - 1796-04-12
Battle of Lodi 1796-05-10 - 1796-05-10
Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) 1796-07-04 - 1797-02-02
Battle of Arcole 1796-11-15 - 1796-11-17
Battle of Rivoli 1797-01-14 - 1797-01-15
Battle of the Pyramids 1798-07-21 - 1798-07-21
Battle of the Nile 1798-08-01 - 1798-08-03
Siege of Acre (1799) 1799-03-20 - 1799-05-21
Battle of Abukir (1799) 1799-07-25 - 1799-07-25
Coup of 18 Brumaire 1799-11-09 - 1799-11-10
Siege of Genoa (1800) 1800-04-20 - 1800-06-04
Battle of Marengo 1800-06-14 - 1800-06-14
Battle of Hohenlinden 1800-12-03 - 1800-12-03
Battle of Alexandria (1801) 1801-03-21 - 1801-03-21
Louisiana Purchase 1803-04-30
Napoleonic Wars 1803-05-18 - 1815-11-20
Napoleonic Code 1804-03-21
Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-05-14 - 1806-09-23
Battle of Ulm 1805-10-16 - 1805-10-19
Battle of Trafalgar 1805-10-21
Battle of Austerlitz 1805-12-02
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt 1806-10-14
Battle of Eylau 1807-02-07 - 1807-02-08
Slave Trade Act 1807 1807-03-25
Battle of Friedland 1807-06-14
Peninsular War 1808-05-02 - 1814-04-17
Battle of Bailén 1808-07-16 - 1808-07-19
Battle of Vimeiro 1808-08-21 - 1808-08-21
Spanish American wars of independence 1808-09-25 - 1833-12-29
Battle of Corunna 1809-01-16 - 1809-01-16
Battle of Eckmühl 1809-04-21 - 1809-04-22
Battle of Aspern–Essling 1809-05-21 - 1809-05-22
Battle of Wagram 1809-07-05 - 1809-07-06
Battle of Talavera 1809-07-27 - 1809-07-28
Mexican War of Independence 1810-09-16 - 1821-09-27
Battle of Bussaco 1810-09-27 - 1810-09-27
Battle of Monte de las Cruces 1810-10-30 - 1810-10-30
Battle of Calderón Bridge 1811-01-17 - 1811-01-17
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro 1811-05-03 - 1811-05-05
Siege of Cuautla 1812-02-19 - 1812-05-02
Siege of Badajoz (1812) 1812-03-16 - 1812-04-06
War of 1812 1812-06-18 - 1815-02-17
French invasion of Russia 1812-06-24 - 1812-12-14
Battle of Salamanca 1812-07-22 - 1812-07-22
Siege of Detroit 1812-08-15 - 1812-08-16
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere 1812-08-19 - 1812-08-19
Battle of Borodino 1812-09-07
Battle of Tucumán 1812-09-24 - 1812-09-25
Battle of Queenston Heights 1812-10-13 - 1812-10-13
Battle of Berezina 1812-11-26 - 1812-11-29
USS Constitution vs HMS Java 1812-12-29 - 1812-12-29
Battle of Frenchtown 1813-01-18 - 1813-01-23
Battle of Salta 1813-02-20 - 1813-02-20
Battle of York 1813-04-27 - 1813-04-27
Siege of Fort Meigs 1813-04-28 - 1813-05-09
Battle of Fort George 1813-05-25 - 1813-05-27
Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor 1813-05-28 - 1813-05-29
Capture of USS Chesapeake 1813-06-01 - 1813-06-01
Battle of Stoney Creek 1813-06-06 - 1813-06-06
Battle of Vitoria 1813-06-21 - 1813-06-21
Battle of Lake Erie 1813-09-10 - 1813-09-10
Battle of the Thames 1813-10-05 - 1813-10-05
Battle of Leipzig 1813-10-16 - 1813-10-19
Battle of Crysler's Farm 1813-11-11 - 1813-11-11
Battle of Orthez 1814-02-27 - 1814-02-27
Battle of Toulouse (1814) 1814-04-10 - 1814-04-10
Battle of Chippawa 1814-07-05 - 1814-07-05
Battle of Lundy's Lane 1814-07-25 - 1814-07-25
Siege of Fort Erie 1814-08-04 - 1814-09-21
Burning of Washington 1814-08-24 - 1814-08-25
Battle of Bladensburg 1814-08-24 - 1814-08-24
Battle of Plattsburgh 1814-09-06 - 1814-09-11
Battle of Baltimore 1814-09-12 - 1814-09-15
Battle of North Point 1814-09-12 - 1814-09-12
Congress of Vienna 1814-09-18 - 1815-06-09
Battle of Rancagua 1814-10-01 - 1814-10-02
Battle of Lake Borgne 1814-12-14 - 1814-12-14
Battle of New Orleans 1815-01-08
Battle of Ligny 1815-06-16
Battle of Waterloo 1815-06-18
Siege of Cartagena (1815) 1815-08-26 - 1815-12-06
Battle of Chacabuco 1817-02-12 - 1817-02-12
Battle of Maipú 1818-04-05 - 1818-04-05
Battle of Boyacá 1819-08-07 - 1819-08-07
Capture of Valdivia 1820-02-03 - 1820-02-04
Greek War of Independence 1821-02-21 - 1829-09-12
Battle of Carabobo 1821-06-24 - 1821-06-24
Battle of Pichincha 1822-05-24 - 1822-05-24
Independence of Brazil 1822-09-07
Battle of Lake Maracaibo 1823-07-24 - 1823-07-24
Monroe Doctrine 1823-12-02
Battle of Junín 1824-08-06 - 1824-08-06
Battle of Ayacucho 1824-12-09 - 1824-12-09
Decembrist revolt 1825-12-26
Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850-01-01
July Revolution 1830-07-27 - 1830-07-29
Black Hawk War 1832-04-06 - 1832-08-27
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 1833-08-28
Second Seminole War 1835-12-23 - 1842-08-14
First Opium War 1839-09-04 - 1842-08-29

People

Napoleon born 1769-08-15
First Consul - France
George Washington age 27
President - United States
Thomas Jefferson age 16
President - United States
John Adams age 24
President - United States
James Madison age 8
President - United States
Queen Victoria born 1819-05-24
Queen - United Kingdom
John Quincy Adams born 1767-07-11
President - United States
Andrew Jackson born 1767-03-15
President - United States
James Monroe age 1
President - United States
Catherine the Great age 30
Empress - Russian Empire
Martin Van Buren born 1782-12-05
President - United States
Louis XVI age 5
King - France
Alexander I of Russia born 1777-12-23
Emperor - Russian Empire
George III age 21
King - Great Britain
Nicholas I of Russia born 1796-07-06
Emperor - Russian Empire
William IV born 1765-08-21
King - United Kingdom
Paul I of Russia age 5
Emperor - Russian Empire
George IV born 1762-08-12
King - United Kingdom
Louis XVIII age 4
King - France
George II age 76
King - Great Britain
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor born 1768-02-12
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Elizabeth of Russia age 50
Empress - Russian Empire
Peter III of Russia age 31
Emperor - Russian Empire
Charles X of France age 2
King - France
Pedro I of Brazil born 1798-10-12
Emperor - Brazil
Louis Philippe I born 1773-10-06
King of the French - France
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor age 18
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Pedro II of Brazil born 1825-12-02
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium born 1790-12-16
Monarch - Belgium
Mahmud II born 1785-07-20
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Selim III born 1761-12-24
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdülmecid I born 1823-04-25
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdul Hamid I age 34
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor age 12
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Ferdinand I of Austria born 1793-04-19
Emperor - Austrian Empire
Qianlong Emperor age 48
Emperor - Imperial China
Mustafa IV born 1779-09-08
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Antonio López de Santa Anna born 1794-02-21
President - Mexico
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar born 1772-09-05
Shah - Iran
Sam Houston born 1793-03-02
President - Republic of Texas
Frederick William II of Prussia age 15
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Charles Albert born 1798-10-02
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Guadalupe Victoria born 1786-09-29
President - Mexico
Vicente Guerrero born 1782-08-10
President - Mexico
Daoguang Emperor born 1782-09-16
Emperor - Imperial China
Jiaqing Emperor born 1760-11-13
Emperor - Imperial China
Mohammad Shah Qajar born 1808-01-05
Shah - Iran
Charles Felix born 1765-04-06
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Ninkō born 1800-03-16
Emperor - Japan
Lotf Ali Khan born 1769-01-01
Shah - Iran
Tekle Giyorgis I age 9
Emperor - Ethiopia
Mariano Rivera Paz born 1804-12-24
President - Guatemala
Gigar age 15
Emperor - Ethiopia
Yonas born 1797-08-18
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jeongjo of Joseon age 7
King - Joseon
Sunjo of Joseon born 1790-07-29
King - Joseon
Heonjong of Joseon born 1827-09-08
King - Joseon
Frederick William III of Prussia born 1770-08-03
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Victor Amadeus III age 33
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel IV age 8
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel I age 5 months
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Nicolás Bravo born 1786-09-10
President - Mexico
Anastasio Bustamante born 1780-07-27
President - Mexico
Valentín Gómez Farías born 1781-02-14
President - Mexico
Melchor Múzquiz born 1788-04-06
President - Mexico
Pedro Vélez born 1787-07-28
President - Mexico
Manuel Gómez Pedraza born 1789-04-22
President - Mexico
José María Bocanegra born 1787-05-25
President - Mexico
José Justo Corro born 1794-07-18
President - Mexico
Miguel Barragán born 1789-03-08
President - Mexico
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born 1769-05-01
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Klemens von Metternich born 1773-05-15
State Chancellor - Austrian Empire
William Pitt the Younger age 7 months
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Robert Peel born 1788-02-05
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Canning born 1770-04-11
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Spencer Perceval born 1762-11-01
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born 1764-03-13
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne born 1779-03-15
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool born 1770-06-07
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Henry Addington age 2
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Frederick North, Lord North age 27
Prime Minister - Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham age 29
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland age 21
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne age 22
Prime Minister - Great Britain
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville age 2 months
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich born 1782-11-01
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Jay age 14
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John Marshall age 4
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John Rutledge age 20
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Roger B. Taney born 1777-03-17
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Oliver Ellsworth age 14
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Aaron Burr age 3
Vice President - United States
John C. Calhoun born 1782-03-18
Vice President - United States
Elbridge Gerry age 15
Vice President - United States
George Clinton age 20
Vice President - United States
Daniel D. Tompkins born 1774-06-21
Vice President - United States
Richard Mentor Johnson born 1780-10-17
Vice President - United States
Alexander Hamilton age 4
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell born 1792-08-18
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Clay born 1777-04-12
Secretary Of State - United States
Edmund Randolph age 6
Secretary Of State - United States
Henry Knox age 9
Secretary of War - United States
Albert Gallatin born 1761-01-29
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Timothy Pickering age 14
Secretary Of State - United States
Lewis Cass born 1782-10-09
Secretary of War - United States
William H. Crawford born 1772-02-24
Secretary of War - United States
Edward Livingston born 1764-05-28
Secretary Of State - United States
Louis McLane born 1786-05-28
Secretary Of State - United States
Robert Smith age 2
Secretary Of State - United States
John Forsyth born 1780-10-22
Secretary Of State - United States
Samuel Dexter born 1761-05-14
Secretary of War - United States
Oliver Wolcott Jr. born 1760-01-11
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
James McHenry age 6
Secretary of War - United States
Levi Woodbury born 1789-12-22
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Richard Rush born 1780-08-29
Attorney General - United States
William Wirt born 1772-11-08
Attorney General - United States
John Breckinridge born 1760-12-02
Attorney General - United States
Henry Dearborn age 8
Secretary of War - United States
James Barbour born 1775-06-10
Secretary of War - United States
George W. Campbell born 1769-02-09
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Levi Lincoln Sr. age 10
Attorney General - United States
William Bradford age 4
Attorney General - United States
John Armstrong Jr. age 1
Secretary of War - United States
Caesar Augustus Rodney born 1772-01-04
Attorney General - United States
John Eaton (politician) born 1790-06-18
Secretary of War - United States
Felix Grundy born 1777-09-11
Attorney General - United States
William J. Duane born 1780-05-09
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
William Pinkney born 1764-03-17
Attorney General - United States
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville age 17
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Eustis age 6
Secretary of War - United States
Joel Roberts Poinsett born 1779-03-02
Secretary of War - United States
Alexander J. Dallas age 6 months
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer age 1
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John M. Berrien born 1781-08-23
Attorney General - United States
Samuel D. Ingham born 1779-09-16
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer born 1782-05-30
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Peter Buell Porter born 1773-08-14
Secretary of War - United States
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby born 1797-05-15
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne born 1780-07-02
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough born 1781-08-31
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet born 1792-06-01
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley born 1766-04-29
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook born 1796-04-20
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey born 1781-12-08
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester age 3
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto born 1782-11-16
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Charles Philip Yorke born 1764-03-12
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John Graham born 1774-01-01
Secretary Of State - United States
Henry Goulburn born 1784-03-19
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon born 1790-02-08
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
John Charles Herries born 1778-08-01
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
James Alexander Hamilton born 1788-04-14
Secretary Of State - United States
Richard Ryder born 1766-07-05
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Sturges Bourne born 1769-11-07
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen born 1784-01-28
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
James Buchanan born 1791-04-23
Senate - United States
John Tyler born 1790-03-29
Senate - United States
William Henry Harrison born 1773-02-09
Senate - United States
Franklin Pierce born 1804-11-23
Senate - United States
James K. Polk born 1795-11-02
House of Representatives - United States
Millard Fillmore born 1800-01-07
House of Representatives - United States
Davy Crockett born 1786-08-17
House of Representatives - United States
Samuel Adams age 37
Governor Of Massachusetts - United States
William H. Seward born 1801-05-16
Governor of New York - United States
Edward Everett born 1794-04-11
Governor Of Massachusetts - United States
William L. Marcy born 1786-12-12
Governor of New York - United States
Charles XIV John born 1763-01-26
Monarch - Sweden
Isabella II born 1830-10-10
Queen - Spain
Ferdinand VII born 1784-10-14
King - Spain
Charles III of Spain age 43
King - Spain
Joseph Bonaparte born 1768-01-07
King - Spain
Charles IV of Spain age 11
King - Spain
Gustav III age 13
Monarch - Sweden
Charles XIII age 11
Monarch - Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf born 1778-11-01
Monarch - Sweden
John Hancock age 22
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Peyton Randolph age 38
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Henry Laurens age 35
President of the Continental Congress - Continental Congress
Abraham Lincoln born 1809-02-12
Illinois House of Representatives
Karl Marx born 1818-05-05
Leo Tolstoy born 1828-09-09
Charles Darwin born 1809-02-12
Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770-12-01
Fyodor Dostoevsky born 1821-11-11
Charles Dickens born 1812-02-07
Adam Smith age 36
Otto von Bismarck born 1815-04-01
Benjamin Franklin age 53
Louis Pasteur born 1822-12-27
Richard Wagner born 1813-05-22
Jane Austen born 1775-12-16
Friedrich Engels born 1820-11-28
Michael Faraday born 1791-09-22
Dmitri Mendeleev born 1834-02-08
Giuseppe Verdi born 1813-10-01
Simón Bolívar born 1783-07-24
James Clerk Maxwell born 1831-06-13
Ulysses S. Grant born 1822-04-27
James Watt age 23
Florence Nightingale born 1820-05-12