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Explore June 12, 1859 – January 22, 1869

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Events

Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26
Taiping Rebellion 1850-12-01 - 1864-08-30
Nian Rebellion 1851 - 1868
Second Opium War 1856-10-08 - 1860-10-24
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
Battle of Appomattox Court House 1865-04-09
Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1865-04-14
Thirteenth Amendment to US Constitution 1865-12-06
Civil Rights Act of 1866 1866-04-09
Austro-Prussian War 1866-06-14 - 1866-07-22
Battle of Custoza (1866) 1866-06-24 - 1866-06-24
Battle of Náchod 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27
Battle of Langensalza (1866) 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27
Battle of Trautenau 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27
Battle of Skalitz 1866-06-28 - 1866-06-28
Battle of Gitschin 1866-06-29 - 1866-06-29
Battle of Königgrätz 1866-07-03 - 1866-07-03
Battle of Dermbach 1866-07-04 - 1866-07-04
Battle of Kissingen 1866-07-10 - 1866-07-10
Battle of Aschaffenburg (1866) 1866-07-14 - 1866-07-14
Battle of Lissa (1866) 1866-07-20 - 1866-07-20
Transatlantic telegraph cable 1866-07-27
Alaska Purchase 1867-03-30
Canadian Confederation 1867-07-01
Meiji Restoration 1868-01-03
Boshin War 1868-01-27 - 1869-06-27

People

Abraham Lincoln age 50
President - United States
Queen Victoria age 40
Queen - United Kingdom
Andrew Johnson age 50
President - United States
James Buchanan age 68
President - United States
Napoleon III age 51
Emperor of the French - France
Alexander II of Russia age 41
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 24
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 6
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 62
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Jefferson Davis age 51
President - Confederate States of America
Benito Juárez age 53
President - Mexico
Victor Emmanuel II age 39
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil age 33
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 68
King - Belgium
Abdulaziz age 29
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdülmecid I age 36
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 27
Shah - Iran
Emperor Kōmei age 27
Emperor - Japan
Xianfeng Emperor age 27
Emperor - Imperial China
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 6
King - Joseon
Tongzhi Emperor age 3
Emperor - Imperial China
Tewodros II age 41
Emperor - Ethiopia
Rafael Carrera age 43
President - Guatemala
José Ignacio Pavón age 68
President - Mexico
Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol age 56
President - Guatemala
Vicente Cerna y Cerna age 44
President - Guatemala
Yohannes III age 62
Emperor - Ethiopia
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 28
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Cheoljong of Joseon age 27
King - Joseon
Frederick William IV of Prussia age 63
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Isma'il Pasha age 28
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Otto von Bismarck age 44
Minister-President - Kingdom of Prussia
Benjamin Disraeli age 54
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 49
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour age 48
Prime Minister - Italy
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 74
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 66
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 60
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Bettino Ricasoli age 50
Prime Minister - Italy
Urbano Rattazzi age 51
Prime Minister - Italy
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora age 54
Prime Minister - Italy
Luigi Federico Menabrea age 49
Prime Minister - Italy
Luigi Carlo Farini age 46
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti age 40
Prime Minister - Italy
Salmon P. Chase age 51
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Roger B. Taney age 82
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Hannibal Hamlin age 49
Vice President - United States
John C. Breckinridge age 38
Vice President - United States
Ulysses S. Grant age 37
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
William H. Seward age 58
Secretary of State - United States
George B. McClellan age 32
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Winfield Scott age 73
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Edwin Stanton age 44
Secretary of War - United States
Lewis Cass age 76
Secretary of State - United States
William M. Evarts age 41
Attorney General - United States
Jeremiah S. Black age 49
Secretary of State - United States
John Adams Dix age 60
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Simon Cameron age 60
Secretary of War - United States
John Schofield age 27
Secretary of War - United States
John B. Floyd age 53
Secretary of War - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 48
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Howell Cobb age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 50
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William P. Fessenden age 52
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Edward Bates age 65
Attorney General - United States
Joseph Holt age 52
Secretary of War - United States
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare age 44
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
James Speed age 47
Attorney General - United States
George Cornewall Lewis age 53
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook age 44
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Hugh Childers age 31
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Stanbery age 56
Attorney General - United States
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 60
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 47
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset age 54
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Spencer Horatio Walpole age 52
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Ward Hunt age 33
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt age 58
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Lowry-Corry age 56
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
William Hunter age 53
Secretary of State - United States
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava age 32
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Bright age 47
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon age 59
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 27
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 55
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 40
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond age 41
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell age 45
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon age 52
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh age 57
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Thomas Edward Taylor age 48
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
James Alexander Hamilton age 71
United States Attorney - Department of Justice
Henry Wilson age 47
Senate - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 39
Senate - United States
John Sherman age 36
Senate - United States
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 41
Senate - United States
John J. Crittenden age 71
Senate - United States
George Henry Williams age 36
Senate - United States
Lot M. Morrill age 46
Senate - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 43
Senate - United States
James Guthrie age 66
Senate - United States
Reverdy Johnson age 63
Senate - United States
Charles Sumner age 48
Senate - United States
Lyman Trumbull age 45
Senate - United States
Joseph Lane age 57
Senate - United States
James A. Garfield age 27
House of Representatives - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 36
House of Representatives - United States
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 29
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 22
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
William A. Wheeler age 39
House of Representatives - United States
Schuyler Colfax age 36
House of Representatives - United States
James G. Blaine age 29
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 52
House of Representatives - United States
Edward Everett age 65
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 40
House of Representatives - United States
Elihu B. Washburne age 42
House of Representatives - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 18
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Caleb Cushing age 59
House of Representatives - United States
George S. Boutwell age 41
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Corwin age 64
House of Representatives - United States
William Windom age 32
House of Representatives - United States
Carter Glass age 1
House of Representatives - United States
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo age 37
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 33
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Lord George Hamilton age 13
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Joseph McKenna age 15
House of Representatives - United States
William Henry Moody age 5
House of Representatives - United States
William Harcourt age 31
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Alexander McClernand age 47
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne age 78
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 21
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton age 60
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet age 67
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook age 63
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax age 58
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 36
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto age 76
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley age 16
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff age 33
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry W. Slocum age 31
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Wheeler age 22
House of Representatives - United States
Charles Napier age 73
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll age 13
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sam Houston age 66
Governor of Texas - United States
Leland Stanford age 35
Governor of California - United States
Nathaniel P. Banks age 43
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Horatio Seymour age 49
Governor of New York - United States
Milton Latham age 32
Governor of California - United States
Henry A. Wise age 52
Governor of Virginia - United States
John B. Weller age 47
Governor of California - United States
Frederick Low age 30
Governor of California - United States
Edwin D. Morgan age 48
Governor of New York - United States
Oliver P. Morton age 35
Governor of Indiana - United States
John Albion Andrew age 41
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Jacob D. Cox age 30
Governor of Ohio - United States
Henry Huntly Haight age 34
Governor of California - United States
Powell Clayton age 25
Governor of Arkansas - United States
John G. Downey age 31
Governor of California - United States
Parson Brownlow age 53
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Francis Lubbock age 43
Governor of Texas - United States
Edward Clark age 44
Governor of Texas - United States
William Dennison Jr. age 43
Governor of Ohio - United States
Thomas Holliday Hicks age 60
Governor of Maryland - United States
Joseph E. Brown age 38
Governor of Georgia - United States
Reuben Fenton age 39
Governor of New York - United States
David Tod age 54
Governor of Ohio - United States
Harris Flanagin age 41
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Alexander Bullock age 43
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Henry S. Lane age 48
Governor of Indiana - United States
Thomas Swann age 50
Governor of Maryland - United States
Andrew Jackson Hamilton age 44
Governor of Texas - United States
Elisha M. Pease age 47
Governor of Texas - United States
Theodore F. Randolph age 32
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Hardin Richard Runnels age 38
Governor of Texas - United States
Henry Rector age 43
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Isaac Murphy age 59
Governor of Arkansas - United States
John Letcher age 46
Governor of Virginia - United States
Augustus Bradford age 53
Governor of Maryland - United States
James W. Throckmorton age 34
Governor of Texas - United States
Pendleton Murrah age 33
Governor of Texas - United States
Joel Parker age 42
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Elias Nelson Conway age 47
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Henry H. Wells age 35
Governor of Virginia - United States
William Claflin age 41
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Charles Anderson age 45
Governor of Ohio - United States
John Brough age 47
Governor of Ohio - United States
Conrad Baker age 42
Governor of Indiana - United States
Edward H. East age 28
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Abram A. Hammond age 45
Governor of Indiana - United States
William A. Newell age 41
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Marcus Lawrence Ward age 46
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Ashbel P. Willard age 38
Governor of Indiana - United States
Oden Bowie age 32
Governor of Maryland - United States
Charles Smith Olden age 60
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Thomas Fletcher age 42
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Martin Van Buren age 76
New York State Senate - United States
Richard Olney age 23
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Charles J. Folger age 41
New York State Senate - United States
William F. Wharton age 11
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Sickles age 39
New York State Senate - United States