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Explore September 20, 1843 – April 24, 1865

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Events

Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850

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

Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895

Emancipation reform of 1861 1861-03-03

Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy 1861-03-17

Battle of Fort Sumter 1861-04-12 - 1861-04-13

American Civil War 1861-04-12 - 1865-04-09

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

Battle of Chancellorsville 1863-04-30 - 1863-05-06

Battle of Champion Hill 1863-05-16 - 1863-05-16

Siege of Vicksburg 1863-05-18 - 1863-07-04

Siege of Port Hudson 1863-05-22 - 1863-07-09

West Virginia admitted to Union 1863-06-20

Battle of Gettysburg 1863-07-01 - 1863-07-03

First Battle of Fort Wagner 1863-07-10 - 1863-07-11

Second Battle of Fort Wagner 1863-07-18

Battle of Chickamauga 1863-09-18 - 1863-09-20

Second Battle of Chattanooga 1863-11-23 - 1863-11-25

Battle of Fort Sanders 1863-11-29 - 1863-11-29

Sinking of USS Housatonic 1864-02-17 - 1864-02-17

Battle of Olustee 1864-02-20 - 1864-02-20

Red River Campaign 1864-03-10 - 1864-05-22

Third Battle of Nanjing 1864-03-14 - 1864-07-19

Battle of Mansfield 1864-04-08 - 1864-04-08

Battle of the Wilderness 1864-05-05 - 1864-05-07

Battle of Spotsylvania 1864-05-08 - 1864-05-21

Battle of Resaca 1864-05-13 - 1864-05-15

Battle of New Market 1864-05-15

Battle of Cold Harbor 1864-05-31 - 1864-06-12

Siege of Petersburg 1864-06-09 - 1865-03-25

Battle of Cherbourg (1864) 1864-06-19 - 1864-06-19

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain 1864-06-27 - 1864-06-27

Battle of Monocacy 1864-07-09 - 1864-07-09

Battle of Fort Stevens 1864-07-11 - 1864-07-12

Battle of Peachtree Creek 1864-07-20 - 1864-07-20

Battle of Atlanta 1864-07-22 - 1864-07-22

Battle of the Crater 1864-07-30

Battle of Mobile Bay 1864-08-05

First Geneva Convention 1864-08-22

Battle of Jonesborough 1864-08-31 - 1864-09-01

Third Battle of Winchester 1864-09-19 - 1864-09-19

Battle of Fisher's Hill 1864-09-21 - 1864-09-22

Battle of Cedar Creek 1864-10-19 - 1864-10-19

Paraguayan War 1864-11-12 - 1870-03-01

Sherman's March to the Sea 1864-11-15 - 1864-12-21

Battle of Franklin 1864-11-30

Battle of Nashville 1864-12-15 - 1864-12-16

First Battle of Fort Fisher 1864-12-23 - 1864-12-27

Second Battle of Fort Fisher 1865-01-13 - 1865-01-15

Battle of Waynesboro (1865) 1865-03-02 - 1865-03-02

Battle of Averasborough 1865-03-16 - 1865-03-16

Battle of Bentonville 1865-03-19 - 1865-03-21

Battle of Five Forks 1865-04-01

Battle of Sailor's Creek 1865-04-06

Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20

Battle of Appomattox Court House 1865-04-09

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1865-04-14

People

Teófilo Braga age 6 months

Juan Vicente Gómez born 1857-07-24

James Longstreet age 22

Nathan Bedford Forrest age 22

Alexei Kuropatkin born 1848-03-29

Georg I of Saxony age 11

Louis IV of Hesse age 6

Princess Charlotte of Prussia born 1860-07-24

John Sparrow David Thompson born 1845-11-10

Robert Lansing born 1864-10-17

István Tisza born 1861-04-22

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta age 18

P. G. T. Beauregard age 25

Katō Tomosaburō born 1861-02-22

Luigi Federico Menabrea age 34

Emmanuel de Grouchy age 76

Hermes da Fonseca born 1855-05-12

Emilio Castelar age 11

Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli born 1856-02-12

Paul von Rennenkampf born 1854-04-29

J. Bruce Ismay born 1862-12-12

Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 57

Charles I of Württemberg age 20

Louise of the Netherlands age 15

Archduchess Gisela of Austria born 1856-07-12

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany born 1853-04-07

José Manuel Balmaceda age 3

Louis Gerhard De Geer age 25

Richard Cobden age 39

Midhat Pasha age 20

Roque Sáenz Peña born 1851-03-19

Tomás Estrada Palma age 8

Alexandros Zaimis born 1855-11-21

Alexandru Averescu born 1859-03-21

Kiyoura Keigo born 1850-02-14

Robert Todd Lincoln age 1 month

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 20

Andrew Mellon born 1855-03-24

Francesc Pi i Margall age 19

Otto Liman von Sanders born 1855-02-17

Alexander Samsonov born 1859-11-14

Mikhail Alekseyev born 1857-11-15

Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria born 1865-04-21

Prince Louis of Battenberg born 1854-05-24

Nicolás Avellaneda age 5

Bernardino Machado born 1851-03-28

Ambrose Burnside age 19

Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì age 4

Luigi Luzzatti age 2

René Viviani born 1863-11-08

Yohannes IV age 6

Karl Nesselrode age 62

Tokugawa Iemochi born 1846-07-17

Empress Myeongseong born 1851-11-17

Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria age 41

Maria Anna of Savoy age 40

Maria Pia of Savoy born 1847-10-16

Charles Tupper age 22

Alexandros Mavrokordatos age 52

Ōyama Iwao age 10 months

Joseph Gallieni born 1849-04-24

Eduardo Dato born 1856-08-12

J. E. B. Stuart age 10

Giuseppe Saracco age 21

Alessandro Fortis age 1

Louis Botha born 1862-09-27

François Achille Bazaine age 32

Charles Dupuy born 1851-11-05

Nogi Maresuke born 1849-12-25

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia age 10

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia born 1858-08-22

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg age 13

Ömer Lütfi Pasha age 36

Princess Louise of Prussia age 4

Prince Henry of Prussia (born 1862) born 1862-08-14

Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden age 17

Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry age 44

Mackenzie Bowell age 19

Ahmet Tevfik Pasha born 1845-02-10

Ahmed Izzet Pasha born 1864-01-01

Francisco León de la Barra born 1863-06-16

Titu Maiorescu age 3

Erik Gustaf Boström age 1

Arvid Lindman born 1862-09-19

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld born 1862-02-04

José Batlle y Ordóñez born 1856-05-21

John French born 1852-09-28

Giovanni Lanza age 33

Tommaso Tittoni born 1855-11-16

Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield born 1859-07-13

Keir Hardie born 1856-08-15

Li Yuanhong born 1864-10-19

Osman Nuri Pasha age 11

Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia age 15

Radomir Putnik born 1847-01-24

Mikhail Loris-Melikov age 18

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia born 1847-04-22

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria age 51

Vicente López y Planes age 58

Manuel Blanco Encalada age 53

Andrés Avelino Cáceres age 7

Guillaume-Henri Dufour age 56

Zeng Guofan age 31

Kaarlo Castrén born 1860-02-28

Ion I. C. Brătianu born 1864-08-20

Heungseon Daewongun age 22

Alexander von Kluck born 1846-05-20

Braxton Bragg age 26

Benedetto Cairoli age 18

Henry Halleck age 28

Manuel González age 10

Gustav Ritter von Kahr born 1862-11-29

Enomoto Takeaki age 6

Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov age 56

Archduke John of Austria age 61

Andrés de Santa Cruz age 50

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg age 24

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (born 1831) age 12

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia born 1860-10-03

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia born 1859-04-26

Princess Cecilie of Baden age 4

Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov age 66

Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) age 35

Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies age 6 months

Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy age 6 months

Stefan Stambolov born 1854-01-30

Carlos Pellegrini born 1846-10-11

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce age 5

Sanford B. Dole born 1844-04-23

Manuel Gomes da Costa born 1863-01-14

Carl Swartz born 1858-06-05

Joseph Hooker age 28

Sanjō Sanetomi age 6

Luigi Pelloux age 4

Franz von Hipper born 1863-09-13

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner born 1854-03-23

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts age 10

Svetozar Boroević born 1856-12-13

Cetshwayo kaMpande age 17

Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen born 1856-06-04

Wilhelm von Tegetthoff age 15

Alfred von Waldersee age 11

Empress Shōken born 1849-05-09

Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia born 1843-09-20

Étienne Maurice Gérard age 70

Frederick II of Baden born 1857-07-09

Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont born 1861-02-17

José Evaristo Uriburu age 11

Eloy Alfaro age 1

Manuel de Arriaga age 3

Hsu Shih-chang born 1855-10-23

Cao Kun born 1862-12-12

Feng Guozhang born 1859-01-07

Augusto Leguía born 1863-02-19

Eduardo López de Romaña born 1847-03-19

José Canalejas born 1854-07-31

Alejandro Lerroux born 1864-03-04

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne born 1845-01-14

Nubar Pasha age 18

Prince Leopold of Bavaria born 1846-02-09

Frederick Francis II age 20

Karl von Bülow born 1846-03-24

Stepa Stepanović born 1856-03-11

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia born 1860-07-28

Frederick Francis III born 1851-03-19

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands age 46

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands age 33

Francis IV of Modena age 63

Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Sardinia age 42

Princess Francisca of Brazil age 19

Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria age 1

Luis Sáenz Peña age 21

Charilaos Trikoupis age 11

Jean-Pierre Boyer age 67

Robert Themptander born 1844-02-14

Samuel J. Tilden age 29

Mahmud Shevket Pasha born 1856-01-01

Thomas Gage age 125

Essad Toptani born 1863-01-01

José Figueroa Alcorta born 1860-11-20

Victorino de la Plaza age 2

Manuel Quintana age 7

Gunnar Knudsen born 1848-09-19

Ernst Trygger born 1857-10-27

Karl Staaff born 1860-01-21

Cipriano Castro born 1858-10-12

Antonio Maura born 1853-05-02

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton age 11

Winfield Scott Hancock age 19

Albert Sidney Johnston age 40

Anastasio Bustamante age 63

Estanislao Figueras age 23

Katsu Kaishū age 20

FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan age 55

Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen age 26

Hermann von Eichhorn born 1848-02-13

Zinovy Rozhestvensky born 1848-11-11

Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892) age 21

Archduke Joseph of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) age 67

Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 60

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