✦ History

Explore January 3, 1836 – December 9, 1860

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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850
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
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
Convention of Kanagawa 1854-03-31
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
Second Opium War 1856-10-08 - 1860-10-24
Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857-03-06
Indian Rebellion of 1857 1857-05-10 - 1858-11-01
Battle of Sanhe 1858-11-07 - 1858-11-18
Publication of On the Origin of Species 1859-11-24
Battle of Anqing 1860-04-01 - 1861-09-05
Expedition of the Thousand 1860-05-05 - 1860-10-26
Battle of Palikao 1860-09-21

People

Queen Victoria age 16
Queen - United Kingdom
Andrew Jackson age 68
President - United States
Martin Van Buren age 53
President - United States
James Buchanan age 44
President - United States
Zachary Taylor age 51
President - United States
James K. Polk age 40
President - United States
John Tyler age 45
President - United States
Millard Fillmore age 36
President - United States
William Henry Harrison age 62
President - United States
Franklin Pierce age 31
President - United States
Napoleon III age 27
President - France
Alexander II of Russia age 17
Emperor - Russian Empire
Nicholas I of Russia age 39
Emperor - Russian Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 5
Emperor - Austrian Empire
William IV age 70
King - United Kingdom
Benito Juárez age 29
President - Mexico
Louis Philippe I age 62
King of the French - France
Victor Emmanuel II age 15
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Pedro II of Brazil age 10
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 45
King - Belgium
Mahmud II age 50
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdülmecid I age 12
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Ferdinand I of Austria age 42
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Frederick William IV of Prussia age 40
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Antonio López de Santa Anna age 41
President - Mexico
Frederick William III of Prussia age 65
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Sam Houston age 42
President - Republic of Texas
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 4
Shah - Iran
Emperor Kōmei age 4
Emperor - Japan
Xianfeng Emperor age 4
Emperor - Imperial China
Charles Albert age 37
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Daoguang Emperor age 53
Emperor - Imperial China
Mohammad Shah Qajar age 28
Shah - Iran
Emperor Ninkō age 35
Emperor - Japan
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac age 33
President - France
Tewodros II age 18
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure age 68
President - France
Cheoljong of Joseon age 4
King - Joseon
Valentín Gómez Farías age 54
President - Mexico
Heonjong of Joseon age 8
King - Joseon
Rafael Carrera age 20
President - Guatemala
Nicolás Bravo age 49
President - Mexico
Mariano Arista age 33
President - Mexico
Anastasio Bustamante age 55
President - Mexico
Juan Álvarez age 45
President - Mexico
José Joaquín de Herrera age 43
President - Mexico
Mariano Paredes age 39
President - Mexico
Miguel Miramón age 4
President - Mexico
Mirabeau B. Lamar age 37
President - Republic of Texas
Ignacio Comonfort age 23
President - Mexico
José Mariano Salas age 38
President - Mexico
Manuel de la Peña y Peña age 46
President - Mexico
Miguel Barragán age 46
President - Mexico
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega age 35
President - Mexico
Valentín Canalizo age 41
President - Mexico
Francisco Javier Echeverría age 38
President - Mexico
José Justo Corro age 41
President - Mexico
Manuel María Lombardini age 33
President - Mexico
José Ignacio Pavón age 45
President - Mexico
Pedro María de Anaya age 41
President - Mexico
Félix María Zuloaga age 22
President - Mexico
Manuel Robles Pezuela age 18
President - Mexico
Martín Carrera age 29
President - Mexico
Juan Bautista Ceballos age 24
President - Mexico
Yohannes III age 39
Emperor - Ethiopia
Anson Jones age 37
President - Republic of Texas
Mariano Rivera Paz age 31
President - Guatemala
David G. Burnet age 47
President - Republic of Texas
José Venancio López age 45
President - Guatemala
Klemens von Metternich age 62
State Chancellor - Austrian Empire
Robert Peel age 47
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 51
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 43
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen age 51
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 36
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne age 56
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Roger B. Taney age 58
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
William R. King age 49
Vice President - United States
Richard Mentor Johnson age 55
Vice President - United States
John C. Breckinridge age 14
Vice President - United States
George M. Dallas age 43
Vice President - United States
Mustafa Reşid Pasha age 35
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha age 20
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha age 67
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha age 56
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mustafa Naili Pasha age 38
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Sarim Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha age 23
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha age 23
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 31
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 26
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Jefferson Davis age 27
Secretary of War - United States
John C. Calhoun age 53
Secretary of State - United States
Edward Bulwer-Lytton age 32
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Daniel Webster age 53
Secretary of State - United States
Winfield Scott age 49
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Edward Everett age 41
Secretary of State - United States
Lewis Cass age 53
Secretary of State - United States
William L. Marcy age 49
Secretary of State - United States
John Forsyth age 55
Secretary of State - United States
Abel P. Upshur age 45
Secretary of State - United States
John M. Clayton age 39
Secretary of State - United States
Jeremiah S. Black age 25
Attorney General - United States
Levi Woodbury age 46
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Thomas Ewing age 46
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Caleb Cushing age 35
Attorney General - United States
John B. Floyd age 29
Secretary of War - United States
Thomas Corwin age 41
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John J. Crittenden age 48
Attorney General - United States
John Bell (Tennessee politician) age 39
Secretary of War - United States
John Canfield Spencer age 48
Secretary of War - United States
Howell Cobb age 20
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Felix Grundy age 58
Attorney General - United States
Joel Roberts Poinsett age 56
Secretary of War - United States
George M. Bibb age 59
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Walter Forward age 49
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles Magill Conrad age 31
Secretary of War - United States
James Guthrie age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Nelson age 44
Secretary of State - United States
Nathan Clifford age 32
Attorney General - United States
Henry D. Gilpin age 34
Attorney General - United States
William M. Meredith age 36
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Isaac Toucey age 43
Attorney General - United States
John Y. Mason age 36
Attorney General - United States
George W. Crawford age 37
Secretary of War - United States
George Cornewall Lewis age 29
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby age 38
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Hugh S. Legaré age 39
Secretary of State - United States
Reverdy Johnson age 39
Attorney General - United States
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton age 37
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet age 43
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook age 39
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax age 35
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 36
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset age 31
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
James Madison Porter age 43
Secretary of War - United States
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto age 53
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Spencer Horatio Walpole age 29
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Goulburn age 51
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington age 55
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon age 45
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt age 34
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William S. Derrick age 33
Secretary of State - United States
William Hunter age 30
Secretary of State - United States
Jacob L. Martin age 25
Secretary of State - United States
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie age 23
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville age 20
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon age 35
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland age 62
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell age 56
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle age 33
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby age 37
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland age 20
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose age 36
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Charles Herries age 57
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham age 36
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Matthew Talbot Baines age 36
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper age 34
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Robert Nisbet-Hamilton age 32
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
James Alexander Hamilton age 47
United States Attorney - Department of Justice
Andrew Johnson age 27
Senate - United States
William H. Seward age 34
Senate - United States
Hannibal Hamlin age 26
Senate - United States
Henry Wilson age 23
Senate - United States
Henry Clay age 58
Senate - United States
Salmon P. Chase age 27
Senate - United States
Hamilton Fish age 27
Senate - United States
Charles Sumner age 25
Senate - United States
John Adams Dix age 37
Senate - United States
Simon Cameron age 36
Senate - United States
William P. Fessenden age 29
Senate - United States
Robert F. Stockton age 40
Senate - United States
John M. Berrien age 54
Senate - United States
Joseph Lane age 34
Senate - United States
Lyman Trumbull age 22
Senate - United States
Abraham Lincoln age 26
House of Representatives - United States
John Quincy Adams age 68
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington age 66
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 5
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Schuyler Colfax age 12
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 16
House of Representatives - United States
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 71
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Addington age 78
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
James G. Blaine age 5
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 28
House of Representatives - United States
John Sherman age 12
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander H. Stephens age 23
House of Representatives - United States
Albert Gallatin age 74
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 17
House of Representatives - United States
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin age 24
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Elihu B. Washburne age 19
House of Representatives - United States
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 8
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sterling Price age 26
House of Representatives - United States
George W. Campbell age 66
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 25
House of Representatives - United States
William Windom age 8
House of Representatives - United States
Carter Glass born 1858-01-04
House of Representatives - United States
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo age 13
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom