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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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Battle of Bladensburg 1814-08-24 - 1814-08-24

Burning of Washington 1814-08-24 - 1814-08-25

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 Quatre Bras 1815-06-16 - 1815-06-16

Battle of Ligny 1815-06-16

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

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

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

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

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

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

Battle of Changsha (1852) 1852-09-11 - 1852-11-30

People

Hamilton Fish born 1808-08-03

Governor of New York - United States

John B. Floyd born 1806-06-01

Governor of Virginia - United States

Charles XIV John age 34

King - Sweden

Isabella II born 1830-10-10

Queen - Spain

Ferdinand VII age 12

King - Spain

Joseph Bonaparte age 29

King - Spain

Charles IV of Spain age 48

King - Spain

Oscar I born 1799-07-04

King - Sweden

Charles XIII age 48

King - Sweden

Gustav IV Adolf age 18

King - Sweden

Karl Marx born 1818-05-05

Leo Tolstoy born 1828-09-09

Charles Darwin born 1809-02-12

George Washington age 65

Ludwig van Beethoven age 26

Fyodor Dostoevsky born 1821-11-11

Friedrich Nietzsche born 1844-10-15

Thomas Edison born 1847-02-11

Charles Dickens born 1812-02-07

Otto von Bismarck born 1815-04-01

Louis Pasteur born 1822-12-27

Richard Wagner born 1813-05-22

Jane Austen age 21

Friedrich Engels born 1820-11-28

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky born 1840-05-07

Michael Faraday age 5

Dmitri Mendeleev born 1834-02-08

Giuseppe Verdi born 1813-10-01

Simón Bolívar age 13

James Clerk Maxwell born 1831-06-13

Alexander Graham Bell born 1847-03-03

Ulysses S. Grant born 1822-04-27

James Watt age 61

Claude Monet born 1840-11-14

Florence Nightingale born 1820-05-12

James A. Garfield born 1831-11-19

Grover Cleveland born 1837-03-18

Andrew Johnson born 1808-12-29

William McKinley born 1843-01-29

Rutherford B. Hayes born 1822-10-04

Benjamin Harrison born 1833-08-20

Gregor Mendel born 1822-07-20

Ada Lovelace born 1815-12-10

Chester A. Arthur born 1829-10-05

Giuseppe Garibaldi born 1807-07-04

Pius X born 1835-06-02

Leo XIII born 1810-03-02

Charles Babbage age 5

Edward Jenner age 48

Carl Benz born 1844-11-25

Paul von Hindenburg born 1847-10-02

Edward VII born 1841-11-09

Alexander II of Russia born 1818-04-29

Harriet Tubman born 1822-03-01

Horatio Nelson age 38

Alexander Hamilton age 42

Abdul Hamid II born 1842-09-21

Robert E. Lee born 1807-01-19

Georges Clemenceau born 1841-09-28

Empress Dowager Cixi born 1835-11-29

Shaka age 10

Alexander III of Russia born 1845-03-10

Giuseppe Mazzini born 1805-06-22

Leopold II of Belgium born 1835-04-09

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour born 1810-08-10

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord age 43

Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 132

Frederick Douglass born 1818-02-14

Wilhelm I age 3 months

Susan B. Anthony born 1820-02-15

Arthur Balfour born 1848-07-25

José de San Martín age 19

Benito Juárez born 1806-03-21

Adolphe Thiers age 2 months

Ferdinand Foch born 1851-10-02

Porfirio Díaz born 1830-09-15

H. H. Asquith born 1852-09-12

Elizabeth Cady Stanton born 1815-11-12

Patrice de MacMahon born 1808-06-13

Frederick III, German Emperor born 1831-10-18

Umberto I of Italy born 1844-03-14

Joséphine de Beauharnais age 34

Joachim Murat age 30

Abdulaziz born 1830-02-08

Muhammad Ali of Egypt age 28

Mikhail Kutuzov age 51

Mehmed V born 1844-11-02

Itō Hirobumi born 1841-10-16

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder born 1800-10-26

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 12

William Tecumseh Sherman born 1820-02-08

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury born 1830-02-03

Charles XV born 1826-05-03

Murad V born 1840-09-21

Toussaint Louverture age 54

Maximilian I of Mexico born 1832-07-06

Qianlong Emperor age 85

Christian IX of Denmark born 1818-04-08

Samuel Adams age 74

Oscar II of Sweden born 1829-01-21

Alexandra of Denmark born 1844-12-01

Amadeo I of Spain born 1845-05-30

Joseph Joffre born 1852-01-12

Stonewall Jackson born 1824-01-21

Armand Fallières born 1841-11-06

Antonio José de Sucre age 2

Jules Grévy born 1807-08-15

Sadi Carnot (statesman) born 1837-08-11

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla age 44

Jean-Jacques Dessalines age 38

Michel Ney age 28

Deodoro da Fonseca born 1827-08-05

Elihu Root born 1845-02-15

Edmund Barton born 1849-01-18

Bernhard von Bülow born 1849-05-03

Hannibal Hamlin born 1809-08-27

Frederik VIII of Denmark born 1843-06-03

Carol I of Romania born 1839-04-20

Henry Campbell-Bannerman born 1836-09-07

Félix Faure born 1841-01-30

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher age 54

William Wilberforce age 37

William R. King age 11

Sergei Witte born 1849-06-29

Émile Loubet born 1838-12-30

Menelik II born 1844-08-17

Agustín de Iturbide age 13

John C. Breckinridge born 1821-01-16

Henry Wilson born 1812-02-16

Jean Casimir-Perier born 1847-11-08

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener born 1850-06-24

Charles W. Fairbanks born 1852-05-11

Abdur Rahman Khan born 1840-01-01

Ōkuma Shigenobu born 1838-03-11

Garret Hobart born 1844-06-03

Levi P. Morton born 1824-05-16

William A. Wheeler born 1819-06-30

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger born 1848-05-25

Leo von Caprivi born 1831-02-24

Pyotr Bagration age 32

Schuyler Colfax born 1823-03-23

Thomas A. Hendricks born 1819-09-07

Katsura Tarō born 1848-01-04

Saigō Takamori born 1828-01-23

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly age 35

Hipólito Yrigoyen born 1850-07-13

Clara Barton born 1821-12-25

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery born 1847-05-07

Peter I of Serbia born 1844-07-11

Tecumseh age 29

Louis-Nicolas Davout age 27

Georg von Hertling born 1843-08-31

Constantin Fehrenbach born 1852-01-11

Giovanni Giolitti born 1842-10-27

Yamagata Aritomo born 1838-06-14

Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst born 1819-03-31

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen age 25

Demetrios Vikelas born 1835-02-27

Joseph Chamberlain born 1836-07-08

Ismail Kemal born 1844-01-16

Gojong of the Korean Empire born 1852-09-08

Terauchi Masatake born 1852-02-05

Francesco Crispi born 1818-10-04

George B. McClellan born 1826-12-03

Wilfrid Laurier born 1841-11-20

Nikola Pašić born 1845-12-18

David Farragut born 1801-07-05

Matsukata Masayoshi born 1835-02-25

Floriano Peixoto born 1839-04-30

Victoriano Huerta born 1850-12-22

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne age 60

Tokugawa Yoshinobu born 1837-10-28

Benedict Arnold age 56

Kuroda Kiyotaka born 1840-11-09

Prudente de Morais born 1841-10-04

Hong Xiuquan born 1814-01-01

George Meade born 1815-12-31

George Reid born 1845-02-25

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg born 1817-07-24

Albert I, Prince of Monaco born 1848-11-13

Saionji Kinmochi born 1849-12-07

Bettino Ricasoli born 1809-03-09

Rodrigues Alves born 1848-07-07

Afonso Pena born 1847-11-30

Julio Argentino Roca born 1843-07-17

Abraham Kuyper born 1837-10-29

Agostino Depretis born 1813-01-31

Sidney Sonnino born 1847-03-11

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg born 1852-04-22

Urbano Rattazzi born 1808-06-20

Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora born 1804-11-18

Campos Sales born 1841-02-15

James G. Blaine born 1830-01-31

Paolo Boselli born 1838-06-08

John Hay born 1838-10-08

Giuseppe Zanardelli born 1826-10-29

Tewodros II born 1818-01-01

Teófilo Braga born 1843-02-24

James Longstreet born 1821-01-08

Nathan Bedford Forrest born 1821-07-13

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