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Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924
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
Compromise of 1850 1850-09-09 - 1850-09-20
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
Kansas–Nebraska Act 1854-05-30
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
Battle of Solferino 1859-06-24
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry 1859-10-16 - 1859-10-18
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
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Emancipation reform of 1861 1861-03-03
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy 1861-03-17
American Civil War 1861-04-12 - 1865-04-09
Battle of Fort Sumter 1861-04-12 - 1861-04-13
Battle of Philippi 1861-06-03
First Battle of Bull Run 1861-07-21
Battle of Wilson's Creek 1861-08-10
Battle of Port Royal 1861-11-07 - 1861-11-07
Second French intervention in Mexico 1861-12-08 - 1867-06-21
Battle of Fort Henry 1862-02-06 - 1862-02-06
Battle of Fort Donelson 1862-02-11 - 1862-02-16
Battle of Island Number Ten 1862-02-28 - 1862-04-08
Battle of Hampton Roads 1862-03-08 - 1862-03-09
First Battle of Kernstown 1862-03-23 - 1862-03-23
Battle of Shiloh 1862-04-06 - 1862-04-07
Capture of New Orleans 1862-04-25
Siege of Corinth 1862-04-29 - 1862-05-30

People

Afonso Pena born 1847-11-30
Lin Tse-hsu age 51
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily age 54
John Abbott age 15
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia age 71
Carrie Chapman Catt born 1859-01-09
Dadabhai Naoroji age 11
Julio Argentino Roca born 1843-07-17
Abraham Kuyper born 1837-10-29
Agostino Depretis age 23
Sidney Sonnino born 1847-03-11
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia born 1856-11-18
Matthew C. Perry age 42
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald age 71
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria age 34
Marie Henriette of Austria age 4 months
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha born 1844-08-06
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo age 8
Joseph Cook born 1860-12-07
Michael Hainisch born 1858-08-15
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg born 1852-04-22
Pedro Lascuráin born 1856-05-08
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe born 1852-11-26
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora age 32
Campos Sales born 1841-02-15
Mikhail Skobelev born 1843-09-29
Bernardino Rivadavia age 56
Katō Takaaki born 1860-01-03
Saitō Makoto born 1858-10-27
Paolo Boselli born 1838-06-08
Hussein Kamel of Egypt born 1853-10-21
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 25
William I of Württemberg age 55
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn born 1850-05-01
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria age 3
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll born 1848-03-18
John Hay born 1838-10-08
Robert Borden born 1854-06-26
Saad Zaghloul born 1857-01-01
Takahashi Korekiyo born 1854-07-27
Giuseppe Zanardelli age 10
Tewfik Pasha born 1852-11-15
Louis-Jules Trochu age 21
Albert I of Saxony age 8
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby born 1861-04-23
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia age 9
Sophie of Württemberg age 18
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia born 1857-05-11
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia born 1853-10-17
Nicolas Oudinot age 69
Leopold II of Tuscany age 39
Adelaide of Austria age 14
Princess Sophie of Bavaria age 31
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe born 1859-12-05
Teófilo Braga born 1843-02-24
Juan Vicente Gómez born 1857-07-24
James Longstreet age 15
Nathan Bedford Forrest age 15
Alexei Kuropatkin born 1848-03-29
Georg I of Saxony age 4
Louis IV of Hesse born 1837-09-12
Princess Charlotte of Prussia born 1860-07-24
John Sparrow David Thompson born 1845-11-10
Mihail Kogălniceanu age 19
István Tisza born 1861-04-22
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta age 11
P. G. T. Beauregard age 18
Katō Tomosaburō born 1861-02-22
Luigi Federico Menabrea age 27
Emmanuel de Grouchy age 70
Hermes da Fonseca born 1855-05-12
Emilio Castelar age 4
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli born 1856-02-12
Paul von Rennenkampf born 1854-04-29
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno age 72
Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 50
Charles I of Württemberg age 13
Louise of the Netherlands age 8
Archduchess Gisela of Austria born 1856-07-12
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany born 1853-04-07
José Manuel Balmaceda born 1840-07-19
Louis Gerhard De Geer age 18
Richard Cobden age 32
Midhat Pasha age 14
Roque Sáenz Peña born 1851-03-19
Tomás Estrada Palma age 1
Alexandros Zaimis born 1855-11-21
Alexandru Averescu born 1859-03-21
Kiyoura Keigo born 1850-02-14
Luigi Carlo Farini age 24
Robert Todd Lincoln born 1843-08-01
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 13
Andrew Mellon born 1855-03-24
Francesc Pi i Margall age 12
Otto Liman von Sanders born 1855-02-17
Alexander Samsonov born 1859-11-14
Mikhail Alekseyev born 1857-11-15
Prince Louis of Battenberg born 1854-05-24
Nicolás Avellaneda born 1837-10-03
Bernardino Machado born 1851-03-28
Ambrose Burnside age 12
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì born 1839-04-16
Luigi Luzzatti born 1841-03-11
Yohannes IV born 1837-07-11
Karl Nesselrode age 56
Empress Myeongseong born 1851-11-17
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands age 62
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria age 35
Maria Anna of Savoy age 33
Maria Pia of Savoy born 1847-10-16
Charles Tupper age 15
Alexandros Mavrokordatos age 45
Émile Combes age 1
Ōyama Iwao born 1842-11-12
Joseph Gallieni born 1849-04-24
Eduardo Dato born 1856-08-12
J. E. B. Stuart age 3
Marco Minghetti age 18
Giuseppe Saracco age 15
Alessandro Fortis born 1842-09-16
François Achille Bazaine age 25
Charles Dupuy born 1851-11-05
Nogi Maresuke born 1849-12-25
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia age 4
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia born 1858-08-22
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg age 6
Ömer Lütfi Pasha age 30
Princess Louise of Prussia born 1838-12-03
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden age 10
Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry age 38
Mackenzie Bowell age 13
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha born 1845-02-10
Titu Maiorescu born 1840-02-15
Erik Gustaf Boström born 1842-02-11
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld born 1862-02-04
José Batlle y Ordóñez born 1856-05-21
John French born 1852-09-28
Giovanni Lanza age 26
Tommaso Tittoni born 1855-11-16
Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield born 1859-07-13
Keir Hardie born 1856-08-15
Osman Nuri Pasha age 5
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia age 8
Radomir Putnik born 1847-01-24
Mikhail Loris-Melikov age 12
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia born 1847-04-22
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria age 44
Vicente López y Planes age 51
Manuel Blanco Encalada age 46
Andrés Avelino Cáceres age 11 months
Guillaume-Henri Dufour age 49
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau born 1846-12-02
Zeng Guofan age 25
Kaarlo Castrén born 1860-02-28
Heungseon Daewongun age 15
Alexander von Kluck born 1846-05-20
Braxton Bragg age 19
Benedetto Cairoli age 11
Henry Halleck age 21
Manuel González age 3
Enomoto Takeaki age 2 months
Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov age 49
Archduke John of Austria age 54
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg age 17
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (born 1831) age 5
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia born 1860-10-03
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia born 1859-04-26
Princess Cecilie of Baden born 1839-09-20
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov age 59
Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) age 28
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz age 58
Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies born 1843-03-24
Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy born 1843-03-02
Stefan Stambolov born 1854-01-30
Carlos Pellegrini born 1846-10-11
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce born 1838-05-10
Sanford B. Dole born 1844-04-23
Carl Swartz born 1858-06-05
Joseph Hooker age 22
Sanjō Sanetomi born 1837-03-13
Luigi Pelloux born 1839-03-01
Osceola age 33
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner born 1854-03-23
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts age 4
Svetozar Boroević born 1856-12-13
Cetshwayo kaMpande age 11
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen born 1856-06-04
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff age 9
Alfred von Waldersee age 4
Empress Shōken born 1849-05-09
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia born 1843-09-20
Étienne Maurice Gérard age 63
Frederick II of Baden born 1857-07-09
Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont born 1861-02-17
José Evaristo Uriburu age 5
Alexandre Ribot born 1842-02-07
Eloy Alfaro born 1842-06-25
Manuel de Arriaga born 1840-06-08
Hsu Shih-chang born 1855-10-23
Feng Guozhang born 1859-01-07