✦ History

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Spanish American wars of independence 1808-09-25 - 1833-12-29
Greek War of Independence 1821-02-21 - 1829-09-12
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
Battle of Nanjing (1853) 1853-03-08 - 1853-03-19
Northern Expedition (Taiping Rebellion) 1853-05-08 - 1855-05-31
Crimean War 1853-10-16 - 1856-03-30
Battle of Oltenița 1853-11-04 - 1853-11-04
Battle of Sinop 1853-11-30 - 1853-11-30
Battle of Başgedikler 1853-12-01 - 1853-12-01
Siege of Silistra (1854) 1854-05-15 - 1854-06-23
Battle of Kurekdere 1854-08-06 - 1854-08-06
Battle of Bomarsund 1854-08-08 - 1854-08-16
Battle of the Alma 1854-09-20 - 1854-09-20
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) 1854-10-17 - 1855-09-11
Battle of Balaclava 1854-10-25 - 1854-10-25
Battle of Inkerman 1854-11-05 - 1854-11-05
Siege of Kars (1855) 1855-06-01 - 1855-11-29
Bombardment of Sveaborg 1855-08-09 - 1855-08-10
Battle of the Chernaya 1855-08-16 - 1855-08-16
Battle of Malakoff 1855-09-08 - 1855-09-08
Battle of Kinburn (1855) 1855-10-17 - 1855-10-17

People

Queen Victoria age 3
Queen - United Kingdom
John Quincy Adams age 55
President - United States
Andrew Jackson age 55
President - United States
James Monroe age 64
President - United States
Martin Van Buren age 40
President - United States
Zachary Taylor age 38
President - United States
James K. Polk age 27
President - United States
John Tyler age 32
President - United States
Millard Fillmore age 22
President - United States
William Henry Harrison age 49
President - United States
Franklin Pierce age 18
President - United States
Napoleon III age 14
President - France
Alexander I of Russia age 45
Emperor - Russian Empire
Alexander II of Russia age 4
Emperor - Russian Empire
Nicholas I of Russia age 26
Emperor - Russian Empire
William IV age 57
King - United Kingdom
George IV age 60
King - United Kingdom
Louis XVIII age 67
King - France
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor age 54
Emperor Francis I - Austrian Empire
Charles X of France age 65
King - France
Pedro I of Brazil age 24
Emperor - Brazil
Louis Philippe I age 49
King of the French - France
Victor Emmanuel II age 2
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Pedro II of Brazil born 1825-12-02
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 32
King - Belgium
Mahmud II age 37
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdülmecid I born 1823-04-25
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Ferdinand I of Austria age 29
Emperor - Austrian Empire
Antonio López de Santa Anna age 28
President - Mexico
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar age 50
Shah - Iran
Sam Houston age 29
President - Republic of Texas
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar born 1831-07-17
Shah - Iran
Emperor Kōmei born 1831-07-22
Emperor - Japan
Xianfeng Emperor born 1831-07-17
Emperor - Imperial China
Charles Albert age 24
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Guadalupe Victoria age 36
President - Mexico
Vicente Guerrero age 40
President - Mexico
Daoguang Emperor age 40
Emperor - Imperial China
Mohammad Shah Qajar age 15
Shah - Iran
Charles Felix age 57
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Ninkō age 22
Emperor - Japan
Tewodros II age 5
Emperor - Ethiopia
Rafael Carrera age 7
President - Guatemala
Yohannes III age 26
Emperor - Ethiopia
Mariano Rivera Paz age 18
President - Guatemala
Gigar age 78
Emperor - Ethiopia
José Venancio López age 32
President - Guatemala
Franz Joseph I of Austria born 1830-08-18
Emperor - Austrian Empire
Sunjo of Joseon age 32
King - Joseon
Heonjong of Joseon born 1827-09-08
King - Joseon
Cheoljong of Joseon born 1831-07-25
King - Joseon
Frederick William III of Prussia age 52
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Frederick William IV of Prussia age 27
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure age 55
President - France
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac age 20
President - France
José Joaquín de Herrera age 30
President - Mexico
Nicolás Bravo age 36
President - Mexico
Anastasio Bustamante age 42
President - Mexico
Pedro María de Anaya age 28
President - Mexico
Valentín Gómez Farías age 41
President - Mexico
Mariano Arista age 20
President - Mexico
Mariano Paredes age 25
President - Mexico
Manuel de la Peña y Peña age 33
President - Mexico
Melchor Múzquiz age 34
President - Mexico
Valentín Canalizo age 28
President - Mexico
Francisco Javier Echeverría age 25
President - Mexico
Juan Bautista Ceballos age 11
President - Mexico
Pedro Vélez age 35
President - Mexico
Manuel Gómez Pedraza age 33
President - Mexico
José María Bocanegra age 35
President - Mexico
José Justo Corro age 28
President - Mexico
Miguel Barragán age 33
President - Mexico
Manuel María Lombardini age 20
President - Mexico
José Mariano Salas age 25
President - Mexico
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega age 22
President - Mexico
Ignacio Comonfort age 10
President - Mexico
Juan Álvarez age 32
President - Mexico
Martín Carrera age 16
President - Mexico
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington age 53
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Klemens von Metternich age 49
State Chancellor - Austrian Empire
Robert Peel age 34
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 38
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Canning age 52
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 30
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen age 38
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 23
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 58
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne age 43
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool age 52
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich age 40
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Marshall age 67
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Roger B. Taney age 45
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John C. Calhoun age 40
Vice President - United States
Daniel D. Tompkins age 48
Vice President - United States
William R. King age 36
Vice President - United States
Richard Mentor Johnson age 42
Vice President - United States
George M. Dallas age 30
Vice President - United States
James Buchanan age 31
Secretary of State - United States
Benjamin Disraeli age 18
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 13
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Jefferson Davis age 14
Secretary of War - United States
Daniel Webster age 40
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Clay age 45
Secretary of State - United States
Winfield Scott age 36
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Edward Everett age 28
Secretary of State - United States
Lewis Cass age 40
Secretary of War - United States
William L. Marcy age 36
Secretary of State - United States
William H. Crawford age 50
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Edward Livingston age 58
Secretary of State - United States
Louis McLane age 36
Secretary of State - United States
John Forsyth age 42
Secretary of State - United States
Abel P. Upshur age 32
Secretary of State - United States
John M. Clayton age 26
Secretary of State - United States
Levi Woodbury age 33
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Richard Rush age 42
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Thomas Ewing age 33
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Caleb Cushing age 22
Attorney General - United States
William Wirt age 50
Attorney General - United States
James Barbour age 47
Secretary of War - United States
Thomas Corwin age 28
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John J. Crittenden age 35
Attorney General - United States
John Bell (Tennessee politician) age 26
Secretary of War - United States
John Canfield Spencer age 35
Secretary of War - United States
John Eaton (politician) age 32
Secretary of War - United States
Felix Grundy age 45
Attorney General - United States
William J. Duane age 42
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Joel Roberts Poinsett age 43
Secretary of War - United States
George M. Bibb age 46
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John M. Berrien age 41
Attorney General - United States
Samuel D. Ingham age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Walter Forward age 36
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles Magill Conrad age 18
Secretary of War - United States
James Guthrie age 30
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Nelson age 31
Secretary of State - United States
Nathan Clifford age 19
Attorney General - United States
Henry D. Gilpin age 21
Attorney General - United States
William M. Meredith age 23
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer age 40
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Isaac Toucey age 30
Attorney General - United States
John Y. Mason age 23
Attorney General - United States
Peter Buell Porter age 49
Secretary of War - United States
George W. Crawford age 24
Secretary of War - United States
George Cornewall Lewis age 16
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby age 25
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Hugh S. Legaré age 26
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne age 42
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Reverdy Johnson age 26
Attorney General - United States
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton age 24
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough age 41
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet age 30
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley age 56
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook age 26
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax age 22
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 23
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey age 41
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
James Madison Porter age 30
Secretary of War - United States
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto age 40
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Spencer Horatio Walpole age 16
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Goulburn age 38
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington age 42
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon age 32
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
John Charles Herries age 44
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
James Alexander Hamilton age 34
Secretary of State - United States
William S. Derrick age 20
Secretary of State - United States
William Hunter age 17
Secretary of State - United States
William Sturges Bourne age 53
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Jacob L. Martin age 12
Secretary of State - United States
Abraham Lincoln age 13
House of Representatives - United States
Davy Crockett age 36
House of Representatives - United States
William H. Seward age 21
Governor of New York - United States
Hamilton Fish age 14
Governor of New York - United States
John B. Floyd age 16
Governor of Virginia - United States
William Eustis age 69
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Charles XIV John age 59
King - Sweden
Isabella II born 1830-10-10
Queen - Spain
Ferdinand VII age 38
King - Spain
Oscar I age 23
King - Sweden
Karl Marx age 4
Leo Tolstoy born 1828-09-09
Charles Darwin age 13
Ludwig van Beethoven age 52
Vincent van Gogh born 1853-03-30
Fyodor Dostoevsky age 1
Friedrich Nietzsche born 1844-10-15
Thomas Edison born 1847-02-11
Charles Dickens age 10
Thomas Jefferson age 79
Otto von Bismarck age 7
Louis Pasteur age 0 months
Richard Wagner age 9
Friedrich Engels age 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky born 1840-05-07
John Adams age 87
Michael Faraday age 31
Dmitri Mendeleev born 1834-02-08
Giuseppe Verdi age 9
James Madison age 71
Simón Bolívar age 39
James Clerk Maxwell born 1831-06-13
Alexander Graham Bell born 1847-03-03