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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Napoleonic Wars 1803-05-18 - 1815-11-20
Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-05-14 - 1806-09-23
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
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 North Point 1814-09-12 - 1814-09-12
Battle of Baltimore 1814-09-12 - 1814-09-15
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 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
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 - 1850-01-01
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) 1845-09-01 - 1852-12-31
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 1851-01-01 - 1868-12-31
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
Second Opium War 1856-10-08 - 1860-10-24
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
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861-01-01 - 1895-12-31
Emancipation reform of 1861 1861-03-03
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
Battle of Plum Point Bend 1862-05-10 - 1862-05-10
Battle of Drewry's Bluff 1862-05-15 - 1862-05-15
Battle of Front Royal 1862-05-23 - 1862-05-23
First Battle of Winchester 1862-05-25 - 1862-05-25
Battle of Seven Pines 1862-05-31 - 1862-06-01
Battle of Memphis 1862-06-06
Battle of Port Republic 1862-06-09 - 1862-06-09
Seven Days Battles 1862-06-25 - 1862-07-01
Battle of Cedar Mountain 1862-08-09 - 1862-08-09
Second Battle of Bull Run 1862-08-28 - 1862-08-30
Battle of Antietam 1862-09-17
Battle of Cixi 1862-09-20 - 1862-09-21
Battle of Perryville 1862-10-08 - 1862-10-08
Battle of Fredericksburg 1862-12-11 - 1862-12-15
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou 1862-12-26 - 1862-12-29
Battle of Stones River 1862-12-31 - 1863-01-02
Emancipation Proclamation 1863-01-01
First transcontinental railroad 1863-01-08 - 1869-05-10
Battle of Arkansas Post 1863-01-09 - 1863-01-11
First Battle of Charleston Harbor 1863-04-07 - 1863-04-07

People

Abraham Lincoln born 1809-02-12
President - United States
Napoleon age 36
Emperor of the French - France
Thomas Jefferson age 63
President - United States
James Madison age 55
President - United States
Queen Victoria born 1819-05-24
Queen - United Kingdom
John Quincy Adams age 38
President - United States
Andrew Jackson age 39
President - United States
James Monroe age 48
President - United States
Martin Van Buren age 23
President - United States
James Buchanan age 15
President - United States
Zachary Taylor age 21
President - United States
James K. Polk age 10
President - United States
John Tyler age 16
President - United States
Millard Fillmore age 6
President - United States
William Henry Harrison age 33
President - United States
Franklin Pierce age 1
President - United States
Napoleon III born 1808-04-20
President - France
Alexander I of Russia age 28
Emperor - Russian Empire
George III age 67
King - United Kingdom
Alexander II of Russia born 1818-04-29
Emperor - Russian Empire
Nicholas I of Russia age 9
Emperor - Russian Empire
William IV age 40
King - United Kingdom
George IV age 43
King - United Kingdom
Wilhelm I age 9
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Louis XVIII age 50
King - France
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor age 38
Emperor - Holy Roman Empire
Jefferson Davis born 1808-06-03
President - Confederate States of America
Benito Juárez age 1 month
President - Mexico
Charles X of France age 48
King - France
Pedro I of Brazil age 7
Emperor - Brazil
Louis Philippe I age 32
King of the French - France
Victor Emmanuel II born 1820-03-14
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil born 1825-12-02
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 15
King - Belgium
Mahmud II age 20
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Selim III age 44
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdulaziz born 1830-02-08
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdülmecid I born 1823-04-25
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Ferdinand I of Austria age 13
Emperor - Austrian Empire
Mustafa IV age 26
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Antonio López de Santa Anna age 12
President - Mexico
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar age 33
Shah - Iran
Sam Houston age 13
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 7
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Guadalupe Victoria age 19
President - Mexico
Vicente Guerrero age 23
President - Mexico
Daoguang Emperor age 23
Emperor - Imperial China
Tongzhi Emperor born 1856-04-27
Emperor - Imperial China
Jiaqing Emperor age 45
Emperor - Imperial China
Mohammad Shah Qajar born 1808-01-05
Shah - Iran
Charles Felix age 41
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Ninkō age 6
Emperor - Japan
Tewodros II born 1818-01-01
Emperor - Ethiopia
Rafael Carrera born 1815-10-24
President - Guatemala
Yohannes III age 9
Emperor - Ethiopia
Tekle Giyorgis I age 55
Emperor - Ethiopia
Mariano Rivera Paz age 1
President - Guatemala
Gigar age 61
Emperor - Ethiopia
José Venancio López age 15
President - Guatemala
Franz Joseph I of Austria born 1830-08-18
Emperor - Austrian Empire
Sunjo of Joseon age 15
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 35
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Frederick William IV of Prussia age 10
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Victor Emmanuel I age 46
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure age 39
President - France
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac age 3
President - France
José Joaquín de Herrera age 14
President - Mexico
Nicolás Bravo age 19
President - Mexico
Anastasio Bustamante age 25
President - Mexico
Pedro María de Anaya age 11
President - Mexico
Valentín Gómez Farías age 25
President - Mexico
Mariano Arista age 3
President - Mexico
Mariano Paredes age 9
President - Mexico
Manuel de la Peña y Peña age 17
President - Mexico
Melchor Múzquiz age 18
President - Mexico
Valentín Canalizo age 12
President - Mexico
Francisco Javier Echeverría age 8
President - Mexico
Juan Bautista Ceballos born 1811-05-13
President - Mexico
Pedro Vélez age 18
President - Mexico
Manuel Gómez Pedraza age 17
President - Mexico
José María Bocanegra age 18
President - Mexico
José Justo Corro age 11
President - Mexico
Miguel Barragán age 17
President - Mexico
Manuel María Lombardini age 3
President - Mexico
José Mariano Salas age 8
President - Mexico
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega age 5
President - Mexico
Ignacio Comonfort born 1812-03-12
President - Mexico
Juan Álvarez age 16
President - Mexico
Martín Carrera born 1806-12-20
President - Mexico
Otto von Bismarck born 1815-04-01
Minister-President - Kingdom of Prussia
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington age 36
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Klemens von Metternich age 32
State Chancellor - Austrian Empire
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour born 1810-08-10
Prime Minister - Italy
Robert Peel age 18
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 21
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Canning age 36
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 13
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen age 22
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Spencer Perceval age 43
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 7
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 42
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne age 27
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool age 35
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland age 68
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville age 46
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich age 23
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Bettino Ricasoli born 1809-03-09
Prime Minister - Italy
Urbano Rattazzi born 1808-06-20
Prime Minister - Italy
Luigi Carlo Farini born 1812-10-22
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti born 1818-11-18
Prime Minister - Italy
John Marshall age 50
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Roger B. Taney age 29
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John C. Calhoun age 24
Vice President - United States
Elbridge Gerry age 61
Vice President - United States
George Clinton age 66
Vice President - United States
Daniel D. Tompkins age 31
Vice President - United States
Hannibal Hamlin born 1809-08-27
Vice President - United States
William R. King age 20
Vice President - United States
Richard Mentor Johnson age 25
Vice President - United States
John C. Breckinridge born 1821-01-16
Vice President - United States
George M. Dallas age 13
Vice President - United States
Benjamin Disraeli age 1
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone born 1809-12-29
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William H. Seward age 4
Secretary Of State - United States
Daniel Webster age 24
Secretary Of State - United States
Henry Addington age 48
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George B. McClellan born 1826-12-03
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Henry Clay age 29
Secretary Of State - United States
Winfield Scott age 19
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Edward Everett age 12
Secretary Of State - United States
Salmon P. Chase born 1808-01-13
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Edwin Stanton born 1814-12-19
Secretary of War - United States
Albert Gallatin age 45
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Lewis Cass age 23
Secretary Of State - United States
William L. Marcy age 19
Secretary Of State - United States
William H. Crawford age 34
Secretary of War - United States
Edward Livingston age 41
Secretary Of State - United States
Louis McLane age 19
Secretary Of State - United States
Robert Smith age 48
Secretary Of State - United States
John Forsyth age 25
Secretary Of State - United States
Abel P. Upshur age 15
Secretary Of State - United States
John M. Clayton age 9
Secretary Of State - United States
Jeremiah S. Black born 1810-01-10
Secretary Of State - United States
John Adams Dix age 7
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Levi Woodbury age 16
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Richard Rush age 25
Attorney General - United States
Thomas Ewing age 16
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Simon Cameron age 7
Secretary of War - United States
Caleb Cushing age 6
Attorney General - United States
William Wirt age 33
Attorney General - United States
John Breckinridge age 45
Attorney General - United States
Henry Dearborn age 55
Secretary of War - United States
James Barbour age 30
Secretary of War - United States
John B. Floyd born 1806-06-01
Secretary of War - United States
George W. Campbell age 37
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Philip Francis Thomas born 1810-09-12
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Thomas Corwin age 11
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
John J. Crittenden age 18
Attorney General - United States
John Armstrong Jr. age 47
Secretary of War - United States
John Bell (Tennessee politician) age 10
Secretary of War - United States
John Canfield Spencer age 18
Secretary of War - United States
Caesar Augustus Rodney age 34
Attorney General - United States
Howell Cobb born 1815-09-07
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
John Eaton (politician) age 15
Secretary of War - United States
Felix Grundy age 28
Attorney General - United States
William J. Duane age 25
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
William Pinkney age 42
Attorney General - United States
William Eustis age 52
Secretary of War - United States
Joel Roberts Poinsett age 27
Secretary of War - United States
Edward Bates age 12
Attorney General - United States
George M. Bibb age 29
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Alexander J. Dallas age 46
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer age 47
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John M. Berrien age 24
Attorney General - United States
Samuel D. Ingham age 26
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Walter Forward age 20
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
Charles Magill Conrad age 1
Secretary of War - United States
Joseph Holt born 1807-01-06
Secretary of War - United States
James Guthrie age 13
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
John Nelson age 14
Secretary Of State - United States
Nathan Clifford age 2
Attorney General - United States
Henry D. Gilpin age 5
Attorney General - United States
William M. Meredith age 6
Secretary Of The Treasury - United States
John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer age 23
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Isaac Toucey age 13
Attorney General - United States
John Y. Mason age 7
Attorney General - United States
Peter Buell Porter age 32
Secretary of War - United States
George W. Crawford age 7
Secretary of War - United States
George Cornewall Lewis born 1806-04-21
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby age 8
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Hugh S. Legaré age 9
Secretary Of State - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne age 25
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Reverdy Johnson age 9
Attorney General - United States
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton age 7
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough age 24
Home Secretary - United Kingdom