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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Spanish American wars of independence 1808-09-25 - 1833-12-29
Mexican War of Independence 1810-09-16 - 1821-09-27
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
Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-09-27
Decembrist revolt 1825-12-26
Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850
July Revolution 1830-07-27 - 1830-07-29
Belgian Revolution 1830-08-25 - 1831-07-21
Black Hawk War 1832-04-06 - 1832-08-27
Reform Act 1832 1832-06-07
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 - 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
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
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
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 Langensalza (1866) 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27
Battle of Náchod 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
Opening of the Suez Canal 1869-11-17
Gilded Age 1870 - 1900
Enforcement Act of 1870 1870-05-31
Franco-Prussian War 1870-07-19 - 1871-01-28
Battle of Wissembourg (1870) 1870-08-04 - 1870-08-04
Battle of Wörth 1870-08-06 - 1870-08-06
Battle of Spicheren 1870-08-06 - 1870-08-06
Battle of Mars-la-Tour 1870-08-16 - 1870-08-16
Siege of Strasbourg 1870-08-16 - 1870-09-28
Battle of Gravelotte 1870-08-18
Siege of Metz 1870-08-20 - 1870-10-27
Battle of Beaumont (1870) 1870-08-30 - 1870-08-30
Battle of Sedan 1870-09-01
Siege of Paris (1870–1871) 1870-09-19 - 1871-01-28
Siege of Belfort 1870-11-03 - 1871-02-18
Battle of Coulmiers 1870-11-09 - 1870-11-09
Battle of Amiens (1870) 1870-11-27 - 1870-11-27
Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande 1870-11-28 - 1870-11-28
Battle of Loigny–Poupry 1870-12-02 - 1870-12-02
Battle of Beaugency (1870) 1870-12-08 - 1870-12-10
Battle of Hallue 1870-12-23 - 1870-12-24
Battle of Bapaume (1871) 1871-01-03 - 1871-01-03
Battle of Villersexel 1871-01-09 - 1871-01-09
Battle of Le Mans 1871-01-10 - 1871-01-12
Battle of the Lisaine 1871-01-15 - 1871-01-17
Proclamation of the German Empire 1871-01-18
Battle of St. Quentin (1871) 1871-01-19 - 1871-01-19
Second Enforcement Act 1871-02-28
Paris Commune 1871-03-18 - 1871-05-28
Third Enforcement Act 1871-04-20

People

Peter Hansborough Bell age 10
Governor of Texas - United States
William Branch Giles age 57
Governor of Virginia - United States
David Tod age 15
Governor of Ohio - United States
James Sevier Conway age 21
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Jonathan Jennings age 36
Governor of Indiana - United States
William Pennington age 23
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Emory Washburn age 20
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Henry Gardner age 10 months
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Harris Flanagin age 2
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Alexander Bullock age 4
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Henry S. Lane age 9
Governor of Indiana - United States
John H. Clifford age 11
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Thomas Swann age 11
Governor of Maryland - United States
James Pleasants age 50
Governor of Virginia - United States
Andrew Jackson Hamilton age 5
Governor of Texas - United States
Thomas Walker Gilmer age 18
Governor of Virginia - United States
Elisha M. Pease age 8
Governor of Texas - United States
Theodore F. Randolph born 1826-06-24
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Hardin Richard Runnels born 1820-08-30
Governor of Texas - United States
William Smith age 24
Governor of Virginia - United States
John Davis age 33
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
William Carroll age 32
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Thomas Pratt age 16
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. age 51
Governor of Virginia - United States
James W. Henderson age 2
Governor of Texas - United States
Reuben Wood age 28
Governor of Ohio - United States
Neill S. Brown age 9
Governor of Tennessee - United States
William B. Campbell age 13
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Archibald Yell age 22
Governor of Arkansas - United States
John Selden Roane age 3
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Henry Rector age 3
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Gilbert C. Walker born 1833-08-01
Governor of Virginia - United States
David Campbell age 40
Governor of Virginia - United States
Joseph Johnson age 34
Governor of Virginia - United States
John A. King age 32
Governor of New York - United States
Washington Hunt age 8
Governor of New York - United States
Ratliff Boon age 39
Governor of Indiana - United States
Joseph Vance age 34
Governor of Ohio - United States
Thomas S. Drew age 17
Governor of Arkansas - United States
John Brooks age 67
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Isaac Murphy age 20
Governor of Arkansas - United States
John Letcher age 7
Governor of Virginia - United States
Augustus Bradford age 14
Governor of Maryland - United States
Francis Thomas age 21
Governor of Maryland - United States
James W. Throckmorton born 1825-02-01
Governor of Texas - United States
Enos T. Throop age 35
Governor of New York - United States
James McDowell age 24
Governor of Virginia - United States
Pendleton Murrah born 1826-01-01
Governor of Texas - United States
Joel Parker age 3
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Duncan McArthur age 47
Governor of Ohio - United States
Allen Trimble age 36
Governor of Ohio - United States
John M. Patton age 22
Governor of Virginia - United States
Garret D. Wall age 37
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Newton Cannon age 38
Governor of Tennessee - United States
William Trousdale age 29
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Elias Nelson Conway age 7
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Henry H. Wells born 1823-09-17
Governor of Virginia - United States
William Claflin age 2
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Wyndham Robertson age 17
Governor of Virginia - United States
Thomas Watkins Ligon age 9
Governor of Maryland - United States
Dewitt Clinton Senter born 1830-03-26
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Rodman M. Price age 3
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Enoch Louis Lowe born 1820-08-10
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas W. Bartley age 8
Governor of Ohio - United States
Isaac Halstead Williamson age 52
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Charles Anderson age 5
Governor of Ohio - United States
Mordecai Bartley age 36
Governor of Ohio - United States
Seabury Ford age 18
Governor of Ohio - United States
William Bebb age 17
Governor of Ohio - United States
Nathaniel Pitcher age 42
Governor of New York - United States
Myron H. Clark age 13
Governor of New York - United States
James Whitcomb age 24
Governor of Indiana - United States
John Brough age 8
Governor of Ohio - United States
William Schley age 33
Governor of Georgia - United States
William Medill age 18
Governor of Ohio - United States
William Hendricks age 37
Governor of Indiana - United States
Conrad Baker age 3
Governor of Indiana - United States
Edward H. East born 1830-10-01
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Abram A. Hammond age 6
Governor of Indiana - United States
Samuel Turell Armstrong age 35
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Joseph C. Yates age 51
Governor of New York - United States
William A. Newell age 2
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Thomas King Carroll age 26
Governor of Maryland - United States
Daniel Haines age 19
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Philemon Dickerson age 32
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Elias P. Seeley age 28
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Benjamin F. Conley age 5
Governor of Georgia - United States
Joseph A. Wright age 9
Governor of Indiana - United States
Peter D. Vroom age 28
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Marcus Lawrence Ward age 7
Governor of New Jersey - United States
William C. Bouck age 34
Governor of New York - United States
Richard C. Byrd age 15
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Samuel Adams (Arkansas politician) age 14
Governor of Arkansas - United States
David Wallace age 20
Governor of Indiana - United States
Noah Noble age 26
Governor of Indiana - United States
John Clark age 54
Governor of Georgia - United States
James B. Ray age 26
Governor of Indiana - United States
John Young age 17
Governor of New York - United States
Ashbel P. Willard born 1820-10-31
Governor of Indiana - United States
John Munford Gregory age 15
Governor of Virginia - United States
Oden Bowie born 1826-11-10
Governor of Maryland - United States
George Howard age 30
Governor of Maryland - United States
Charles C. Stratton age 24
Governor of New Jersey - United States
George Franklin Fort age 10
Governor of New Jersey - United States
James Thomas age 35
Governor of Maryland - United States
John Rutherfoord age 27
Governor of Virginia - United States
Paris C. Dunning age 14
Governor of Indiana - United States
Samuel Bigger age 18
Governor of Indiana - United States
Samuel Sprigg age 37
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas Veazey age 46
Governor of Maryland - United States
Daniel Martin age 40
Governor of Maryland - United States
William Grason age 32
Governor of Maryland - United States
Charles Smith Olden age 21
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Ozra Amander Hadley born 1826-06-30
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Samuel Stevens Jr. age 41
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas Fletcher age 3
Governor of Arkansas - United States
John Adams age 84
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Richard Olney born 1835-09-15
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Charles J. Folger age 1
New York State Senate - United States
William F. Wharton born 1847-06-28
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Sickles age 5 months
New York State Senate - United States
William Floyd age 85
New York State Senate - United States
Simón Bolívar age 36
President - Peru
José de San Martín age 42
President - Peru
Charles XIV John age 57
King - Sweden
Isabella II born 1830-10-10
Queen - Spain
Ferdinand VII age 35
King - Spain
Chulalongkorn born 1853-09-20
King - Thailand
Charles XV born 1826-05-03
King - Sweden
Christian IX of Denmark age 2
King - Denmark
Amadeo I of Spain born 1845-05-30
King - Spain
Oscar I age 20
King - Sweden
Antonio José de Sucre age 25
President - Bolivia
Mongkut age 15
King - Thailand
Christian VIII age 33
Monarch - Denmark
Frederick VII of Denmark age 11
Monarch - Denmark
Frederick VI of Denmark age 52
Monarch - Denmark
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento age 9
President - Argentina
Bartolomé Mitre born 1821-06-26
President - Argentina
Rama III age 32
King - Thailand
Rama II age 52
King - Thailand
Joseph Jenkins Roberts age 11
President - Liberia
Bernardino Rivadavia age 39
President - Argentina
Justo José de Urquiza age 18
President - Argentina
Francisco de Paula Santander age 28
President - Colombia
Juan José Flores age 19
President - Ecuador
Carlos Antonio López age 29
President - Paraguay
Francisco Morazán age 27
President - El Salvador
Fructuoso Rivera age 35
President - Uruguay
Vicente López y Planes age 34
President - Argentina
Manuel Blanco Encalada age 29
President - Chile
Gabriel García Moreno born 1821-12-24
President - Ecuador
Jean-Pierre Boyer age 44
President - Haiti
Stephen Allen Benson age 3
President - Liberia
Manuel Montt age 10
President - Chile
Manuel Bulnes age 20
President - Chile
Manuel Oribe age 27
President - Uruguay
Joaquín Prieto age 33
President - Chile
Ramón Freire age 32
President - Chile
José Joaquín Pérez age 18
President - Chile
Ramón Castilla age 22
President - Peru
José Joaquín de Olmedo age 40
President - Ecuador
Venancio Flores age 11
President - Uruguay
Gabriel Antonio Pereira age 26
President - Uruguay
Santiago Derqui age 10
President - Argentina
Francisco Antonio Pinto age 34
President - Chile
Daniel Bashiel Warner age 4
President - Liberia
Juan Antonio Lavalleja age 35
President - Uruguay
Antonio Guzmán Blanco born 1829-02-20
President - Venezuela
Faustin Soulouque age 37
President - Haiti
Vicente Rocafuerte age 36
President - Ecuador
Carlos Anaya age 42
President - Uruguay
Lorenzo Batlle y Grau age 9
President - Uruguay
José Gregorio Monagas age 25
President - Venezuela
José Ballivián age 14
President - Bolivia
Mariano Melgarejo born 1820-04-13
President - Bolivia
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu born 1825-04-25
President - Chile
James Spriggs Payne age 3 months
President - Liberia
Edward James Roye age 5
President - Liberia
Bernardo Berro age 16
President - Uruguay
José Rufino Echenique age 11
President - Peru
Manuel Felipe de Tovar age 17
President - Venezuela
Juan Lindo age 29
President - Honduras
James Skivring Smith born 1825-02-26
President - Liberia
Mariano Ignacio Prado born 1826-12-18
President - Peru
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón age 2 months
President - Venezuela
Carlos Soublette age 30
President - Venezuela
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera age 21
President - Colombia
Juan Francisco de Vidal age 20
President - Peru
Tomás Villalba age 14
President - Uruguay
José Tadeo Monagas age 35
President - Venezuela
José María Vargas age 34
President - Venezuela
José Miguel de Velasco age 24
President - Bolivia
José María Obando age 24
President - Colombia
Domingo Caycedo age 36
President - Colombia
José Santos Guardiola age 3
President - Honduras
Atanasio Aguirre age 18
President - Uruguay
José Balta age 5
President - Peru
José de la Riva Agüero age 36
President - Peru
Andrés Narvarte age 39
President - Venezuela