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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840

French Revolution 1789-05-05 - 1799-11-09

Haitian Revolution 1791-08-21 - 1804-01-01

United States Bill of Rights 1791-12-15

French Revolutionary Wars 1792-04-20 - 1802-03-25

Battle of Valmy 1792-09-20 - 1792-09-20

Battle of Jemappes 1792-11-06 - 1792-11-06

Execution of Louis XVI 1793-01-21

Battle of Neerwinden (1793) 1793-03-18 - 1793-03-18

Siege of Toulon (1793) 1793-08-29 - 1793-12-19

Reign of Terror 1793-09-05 - 1794-07-28

Battle of Hondschoote 1793-09-08 - 1793-09-08

Battle of Wattignies 1793-10-16 - 1793-10-16

Glorious First of June 1794-06-01 - 1794-06-01

Battle of Fleurus (1794) 1794-06-26 - 1794-06-26

Italian campaign of 1796–1797 1796-04-10 - 1797-10-17

Battle of Montenotte 1796-04-12 - 1796-04-12

Battle of Lodi 1796-05-10 - 1796-05-10

Smallpox vaccine 1796-05-14

Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) 1796-07-04 - 1797-02-02

Battle of Amberg 1796-08-24 - 1796-08-24

Battle of Würzburg 1796-09-03 - 1796-09-03

Battle of Biberach (1796) 1796-10-02 - 1796-10-02

Battle of Emmendingen 1796-10-19 - 1796-10-19

Battle of Arcole 1796-11-15 - 1796-11-17

Battle of Rivoli 1797-01-14 - 1797-01-15

Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) 1797-02-14 - 1797-02-14

Battle of Camperdown 1797-10-11 - 1797-10-11

French campaign in Egypt and Syria 1798-07-01 - 1801-09-02

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 Cassano (1799) 1799-04-27 - 1799-04-27

Battle of Trebbia (1799) 1799-06-17 - 1799-06-19

Battle of Abukir (1799) 1799-07-25 - 1799-07-25

Battle of Novi (1799) 1799-08-15 - 1799-08-15

Second Battle of Zurich 1799-09-25 - 1799-09-26

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

Acts of Union 1800 1801-01-01

Battle of Alexandria (1801) 1801-03-21 - 1801-03-21

Battle of Copenhagen (1801) 1801-04-02 - 1801-04-02

Louisiana Purchase 1803-04-30

Napoleonic Wars 1803-05-18 - 1815-11-20

Haitian Declaration of Independence 1804-01-01

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

Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 1806-08-06

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 Lissa (1811) 1811-03-13 - 1811-03-13

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 Riga (1812) 1812-07-24 - 1812-12-18

Battle of Klyastitsy 1812-07-28 - 1812-08-01

Battle of Gorodechno 1812-08-12 - 1812-08-12

Siege of Detroit 1812-08-15 - 1812-08-16

Battle of Smolensk (1812) 1812-08-16 - 1812-08-18

First Battle of Polotsk 1812-08-17 - 1812-08-18

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

Second Battle of Polotsk 1812-10-18 - 1812-10-20

Battle of Maloyaroslavets 1812-10-24 - 1812-10-24

Battle of Krasnoi 1812-11-15 - 1812-11-18

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 Lützen (1813) 1813-05-02 - 1813-05-02

Battle of Bautzen (1813) 1813-05-20 - 1813-05-21

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 Großbeeren 1813-08-23 - 1813-08-23

Battle of the Katzbach 1813-08-26 - 1813-08-26

Battle of Dresden 1813-08-26 - 1813-08-27

Battle of Kulm 1813-08-29 - 1813-08-30

Battle of Dennewitz 1813-09-06 - 1813-09-06

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 Hanau 1813-10-30 - 1813-10-31

Battle of Crysler's Farm 1813-11-11 - 1813-11-11

Campaign in north-east France (1814) 1813-12-21 - 1814-04-06

Battle of Brienne 1814-01-29 - 1814-01-29

Battle of La Rothière 1814-02-01 - 1814-02-01

Battle of Champaubert 1814-02-10 - 1814-02-10

Battle of Montmirail 1814-02-11 - 1814-02-11

Battle of Vauchamps 1814-02-14 - 1814-02-14

Battle of Montereau 1814-02-18 - 1814-02-18

Battle of Orthez 1814-02-27 - 1814-02-27

Battle of Laon (1814) 1814-03-09 - 1814-03-10

Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube 1814-03-20 - 1814-03-21

Battle of Paris (1814) 1814-03-30 - 1814-03-31

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

1815 eruption of Mount Tambora 1815-04-10

Battle of Ligny 1815-06-16

Battle of Quatre Bras 1815-06-16 - 1815-06-16

Battle of Waterloo 1815-06-18

Battle of Wavre 1815-06-18 - 1815-06-19

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

Peterloo Massacre 1819-08-16

Capture of Valdivia 1820-02-03 - 1820-02-04

Missouri Compromise 1820-03-06

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

Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-09-27

Decembrist revolt 1825-12-26

Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850

July Revolution 1830-07-27 - 1830-07-29

Belgian Revolution 1830-08-25 - 1831-07-21

Black Hawk War 1832-04-06 - 1832-08-27

Reform Act 1832 1832-06-07

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

Treaty of Waitangi 1840-02-06

Treaty of Nanking 1842-08-29

First Morse telegraph line 1844-05-24

Great Famine (Ireland) 1845-09 - 1852

Texas annexation 1845-12-29

Mexican-American War 1846-04-25 - 1848-02-02

Siege of Fort Texas 1846-05-03 - 1846-05-09

Battle of Palo Alto 1846-05-08 - 1846-05-08

Battle of Resaca de la Palma 1846-05-09 - 1846-05-09

Repeal of the Corn Laws 1846-06-25

Battle of Monterrey 1846-09-21 - 1846-09-24

Battle of San Pasqual 1846-12-06 - 1846-12-07

Battle of El Brazito 1846-12-25 - 1846-12-25

Battle of Río San Gabriel 1847-01-08 - 1847-01-09

Battle of Buena Vista 1847-02-22 - 1847-02-23

Battle of the Sacramento River 1847-02-28 - 1847-02-28

Siege of Veracruz 1847-03-09 - 1847-03-29

Battle of Cerro Gordo 1847-04-18 - 1847-04-18

Battle of Contreras 1847-08-19 - 1847-08-20

Battle of Churubusco 1847-08-20 - 1847-08-20

Battle of Molino del Rey 1847-09-08 - 1847-09-08

Battle of Chapultepec 1847-09-12 - 1847-09-13

Siege of Puebla (1847) 1847-09-14 - 1847-10-12

Sonderbund War 1847-11-03 - 1847-11-29

Revolutions of 1848 1848-01-12 - 1849-10-04

California Gold Rush 1848-01-24 - 1855-12-31

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848-02-02

The Communist Manifesto published 1848-02-21

Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26

Seneca Falls Convention 1848-07-19 - 1848-07-20

Taiping Rebellion 1850-12-01 - 1864-08-30

Nian Rebellion 1851 - 1868

Jintian Uprising 1851-01-11 - 1851-01-11

Great Exhibition 1851-05-01 - 1851-10-15

People

Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia born 1828-03-20

Radomir Putnik born 1847-01-24

Mikhail Loris-Melikov born 1824-10-31

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia born 1847-04-22

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria born 1792-02-08

Andrés Avelino Cáceres born 1836-02-04

Guillaume-Henri Dufour age 2

Zeng Guofan born 1811-11-26

Heungseon Daewongun born 1821-01-24

Alexander von Kluck born 1846-05-20

Braxton Bragg born 1817-03-22

Comte de Rochambeau age 64

Benedetto Cairoli born 1825-01-28

Henry Halleck born 1815-01-16

Manuel González born 1833-06-18

Enomoto Takeaki born 1836-10-25

Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov age 2

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau age 29

Archduke John of Austria age 7

Catherine Pavlovna of Russia age 1

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg born 1819-08-18

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (born 1831) born 1831-08-08

Princess Cecilie of Baden born 1839-09-20

Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov age 12

Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel age 50

Frederick II Eugene of Württemberg age 57

Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) born 1808-02-01

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz age 11

Louis I of Etruria age 16

Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies born 1843-03-24

Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy born 1843-03-02

Carlos Pellegrini born 1846-10-11

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce born 1838-05-10

Sanford B. Dole born 1844-04-23

Joseph Hooker born 1814-11-13

Sanjō Sanetomi born 1837-03-13

Luigi Pelloux born 1839-03-01

Osceola born 1804-01-01

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts born 1832-09-30

Cetshwayo kaMpande born 1826-01-01

Wilhelm von Tegetthoff born 1827-12-23

Alfred von Waldersee born 1832-04-08

Karl August von Hardenberg age 39

Empress Shōken born 1849-05-09

Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia born 1843-09-20

Étienne Maurice Gérard age 16

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern age 74

Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1743) age 46

Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este age 35

Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este age 2

José Evaristo Uriburu born 1831-11-19

Gabriel García Moreno born 1821-12-24

Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha born 1815-03-05

Eloy Alfaro born 1842-06-25

Manuel de Arriaga born 1840-06-08

Eduardo López de Romaña born 1847-03-19

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne born 1845-01-14

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben age 59

Nubar Pasha born 1825-01-01

Prince Leopold of Bavaria born 1846-02-09

Frederick Francis II born 1823-02-28

Karl von Bülow born 1846-03-24

Jean-Andoche Junot age 18

Frederick Francis III born 1851-03-19

Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg age 61

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands born 1797-02-28

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands born 1810-05-09

Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Saxony age 22

Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria age 12

Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily age 16

Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily age 5

Francis IV of Modena age 10

Axel von Fersen the Younger age 34

Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria born 1801-04-08

Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Sardinia born 1801-03-21

Princess Francisca of Brazil born 1824-08-02

Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria born 1842-05-15

Luis Sáenz Peña born 1822-04-02

Charilaos Trikoupis born 1832-07-11

Stephen Allen Benson born 1816-05-21

Robert Themptander born 1844-02-14

Samuel J. Tilden born 1814-02-09

Thomas Gage age 71

Victorino de la Plaza born 1840-11-02

Manuel Quintana born 1835-10-19

Gunnar Knudsen born 1848-09-19

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton born 1831-11-08

Winfield Scott Hancock born 1824-02-14

Albert Sidney Johnston born 1803-02-02

Horatio Gates age 62

Levin August von Bennigsen age 44

Estanislao Figueras born 1819-11-13

Katsu Kaishū born 1823-03-12

Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen born 1817-08-03

Hermann von Eichhorn born 1848-02-13

Zinovy Rozhestvensky born 1848-11-11

Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892) born 1822-09-11

Archduke Joseph of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) age 13

Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 6

Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia born 1850-01-14

Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange age 38

Duke Louis of Württemberg age 33

Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg age 22

Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt age 38

Archduke Rainer of Austria (1783–1853) age 6

Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa age 39

Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria born 1849-07-02

José María Iglesias born 1823-01-05

Manuel Montt born 1809-09-07

Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup born 1825-04-16

Arvid Posse born 1820-02-15

Carl Johan Thyselius born 1811-06-08

Cyrus West Field born 1819-11-30

Edward Douglass White born 1845-11-03

William M. Evarts born 1818-02-06

Thomas F. Bayard born 1828-10-29

John W. Foster born 1836-03-02

Walter Q. Gresham born 1832-03-17

William R. Day born 1849-04-17

Boutros Ghali born 1846-01-01

Spyridon Lambros born 1851-04-20

Jørgen Løvland born 1848-02-03

Nicholas Golitsyn born 1850-04-12

Ivan Goremykin born 1839-11-08

A. P. Hill born 1825-11-09

Juan Álvarez born 1790-01-27

Prince Gong born 1833-01-11

Black Hawk age 22

George Dewey born 1837-12-26

Maximilian von Prittwitz born 1848-11-27

Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia born 1798-02-08

Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia born 1825-06-24

Prince Gaston, Count of Eu born 1842-04-28

Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia age 73

Prince Charles of Prussia born 1801-06-29

Marie of Prussia born 1825-10-15

George II of Saxe-Meiningen born 1826-04-02

Princess Carolina of Parma age 19

Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily age 10

Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies born 1816-07-31

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria born 1818-07-29

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria born 1831-01-17

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg born 1797-11-01

Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies born 1849-08-02

Rafael Núñez born 1825-09-28

John Ballance born 1839-03-27

Elihu B. Washburne born 1816-09-23

Irvin McDowell born 1818-10-15

Henry Clinton age 59

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby born 1841-01-15

Nicolás Salmerón born 1838-04-10

Francisco Serrano born 1810-12-17

Ahmed Muhtar Pasha born 1832-11-01

Taytu Betul born 1851-01-01

Zebulon Pike age 10

Nelson A. Miles born 1839-08-08

Jubal Early born 1816-11-03

Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld age 8

Princess Charlotte of Württemberg born 1807-01-09

Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III) age 45

Bezmiâlem Sultan born 1807-01-01

Mikhail Miloradovich age 18

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias born 1803-08-25

Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) age 63

Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia age 22

Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1803-02-23

Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872) born 1809-10-04

Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia age 16

Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg born 1797-10-30

Princess Margaretha of Saxony born 1840-05-24

John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll born 1845-08-06

José Joaquín Pérez born 1801-05-06

John Sutter born 1803-02-15

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen born 1817-08-04

Boris Stürmer born 1848-07-27

Fredrik von Otter born 1833-04-10

Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero born 1832-09-04

George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon born 1827-10-24

Sisowath of Cambodia born 1840-09-07

Richard S. Ewell born 1817-02-08

Robert Gould Shaw born 1837-10-10

Charles Joseph Bonaparte born 1851-06-09

Zuo Zongtang born 1812-11-10

Roger Ducos age 42

Hans Hartwig von Beseler born 1850-04-27

John Pope born 1822-03-16

Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg age 20

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings age 35

Iosif Gurko born 1828-07-28

Ercole Consalvi age 32

Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1800-09-15

Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877) born 1808-02-03

Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg born 1817-10-02

Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg born 1838-06-02

Pertevniyal Sultan born 1812-01-01

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe age 63

Josiah Bartlett age 60

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia age 59

Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt age 53

Princess Augusta of Prussia age 9

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