✦ History

Explore February 10, 1868 – March 27, 1879

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Events

Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26
Nian Rebellion 1851 - 1868
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
First transcontinental railroad 1863-01-08 - 1869-05-10
Paraguayan War 1864-11-12 - 1870-03-01
Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20
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
Panic of 1873 1873-05-09
Civil Rights Act of 1875 1875-03-01
Invention of the telephone 1876-03-10
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 1877-04-24 - 1878-03-03
Battle of Svistov 1877-06-26 - 1877-06-27
Battle of Shipka Pass 1877-07-17 - 1878-01-09
Siege of Plevna 1877-07-20 - 1877-12-10
Battle of Eski Zagra 1877-07-31 - 1877-07-31
Battle of Lovcha 1877-09-01 - 1877-09-03
Battle of Aladzha 1877-10-15 - 1877-10-15
Battle of Gorni Dubnik 1877-10-24 - 1877-10-24
Battle of Kars (1877) 1877-11-17 - 1877-11-17
Battle of Philippopolis (1878) 1878-01-16 - 1878-01-17
Anglo-Zulu War 1879-01-11 - 1879-07-04
War of the Pacific 1879-02-14 - 1884-04-04

People

Queen Victoria age 48
Queen - United Kingdom
Ulysses S. Grant age 45
President - United States
Andrew Johnson age 59
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 45
President - United States
Napoleon III age 59
Emperor of the French - France
Alexander II of Russia age 49
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 25
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 37
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Leopold II of Belgium age 32
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 15
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 70
Emperor - German Empire
Benito Juárez age 61
President - Mexico
Adolphe Thiers age 70
President - France
Porfirio Díaz age 37
President - Mexico
Victor Emmanuel II age 47
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil age 42
Emperor - Brazil
Patrice de MacMahon age 59
President - France
Umberto I of Italy age 23
King - Italy
Abdulaziz age 38
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Murad V age 27
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Jules Grévy age 60
President - France
Guangxu Emperor born 1871-08-14
Emperor - Imperial China
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 36
Shah - Iran
Isma'il Pasha age 37
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 15
King - Joseon
Tongzhi Emperor age 11
Emperor - Imperial China
Tewodros II age 50
Emperor - Ethiopia
Louis-Jules Trochu age 52
President - France
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 44
President - Mexico
Yohannes IV age 30
Emperor - Ethiopia
José María Iglesias age 45
President - Mexico
Vicente Cerna y Cerna age 53
President - Guatemala
Justo Rufino Barrios age 32
President - Guatemala
Miguel García Granados age 58
President - Guatemala
Otto von Bismarck age 52
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 63
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 58
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 68
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Agostino Depretis age 55
Prime Minister - Italy
Tewfik Pasha age 15
Prime Minister - Egypt
Luigi Federico Menabrea age 58
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti age 49
Prime Minister - Italy
Giovanni Lanza age 58
Prime Minister - Italy
Benedetto Cairoli age 43
Prime Minister - Italy
Nubar Pasha age 43
Prime Minister - Egypt
Salmon P. Chase age 60
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Morrison Waite age 51
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Henry Wilson age 56
Vice President - United States
William A. Wheeler age 48
Vice President - United States
Schuyler Colfax age 44
Vice President - United States
Midhat Pasha age 45
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha age 52
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Nedim Pasha age 50
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Edhem Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Hüseyin Avni Pasha age 49
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Saffet Pasha age 54
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha age 42
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha age 40
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Sadık Pasha age 43
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
William H. Seward age 66
Secretary of State - United States
John Sherman age 44
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Edwin Stanton age 53
Secretary of War - United States
Hamilton Fish age 59
Secretary of State - United States
William M. Evarts age 50
Secretary of State - United States
Elihu B. Washburne age 51
Secretary of State - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 27
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
George S. Boutwell age 50
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Schofield age 36
Secretary of War - United States
Alphonso Taft age 57
Secretary of War - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 59
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
George Henry Williams age 44
Attorney General - United States
Lot M. Morrill age 54
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville age 52
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
William W. Belknap age 38
Secretary of War - United States
Benjamin Bristow age 35
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 36
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 49
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare age 52
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George W. McCrary age 32
Secretary of War - United States
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook age 53
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Charles Devens age 47
Attorney General - United States
Edwards Pierrepont age 50
Attorney General - United States
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 30
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
William Adams Richardson age 46
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh Childers age 40
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Stanbery age 65
Attorney General - United States
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley age 42
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Ebenezer R. Hoar age 52
Attorney General - United States
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 44
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 56
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Ward Hunt age 42
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Lowry-Corry age 64
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon age 36
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos age 44
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 75
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava age 41
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Bright age 56
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 64
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond age 49
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby age 37
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh age 65
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Thomas Edward Taylor age 56
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Samuel F. Phillips age 44
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
Hannibal Hamlin age 58
Senate - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 48
Senate - United States
James G. Blaine age 38
Senate - United States
Ambrose Burnside age 43
Senate - United States
Charles Sumner age 57
Senate - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 39
Senate - United States
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 50
Senate - United States
Simon Cameron age 68
Senate - United States
William Windom age 40
Senate - United States
John B. Gordon age 36
Senate - United States
William P. Fessenden age 61
Senate - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 52
Senate - United States
Augustus H. Garland age 35
Senate - United States
Reverdy Johnson age 71
Senate - United States
Lyman Trumbull age 54
Senate - United States
James A. Garfield age 36
House of Representatives - United States
William McKinley age 25
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Balfour age 19
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 38
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 31
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John C. Breckinridge age 47
House of Representatives - United States
Levi P. Morton age 43
House of Representatives - United States
Adlai Stevenson I age 32
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Chamberlain age 31
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Joseph E. Johnston age 61
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander H. Stephens age 56
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 49
House of Representatives - United States
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll age 22
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Caleb Cushing age 68
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 57
House of Representatives - United States
Howell Cobb age 52
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife age 18
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Carter Glass age 10
House of Representatives - United States
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo age 46
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Foster age 39
House of Representatives - United States
John G. Carlisle age 33
House of Representatives - United States
Henry W. Slocum age 40
House of Representatives - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 22
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Joseph McKenna age 24
House of Representatives - United States
William Henry Moody age 14
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Wheeler age 31
House of Representatives - United States
William Harcourt age 40
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Alexander McClernand age 55
House of Representatives - United States
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 68
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Spencer Horatio Walpole age 61
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee age 29
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley age 25
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff age 42
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
George B. McClellan age 41
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Samuel J. Tilden age 54
Governor of New York - United States
John Adams Dix age 69
Governor of New York - United States
James L. Kemper age 44
Governor of Virginia - United States
Newton Booth age 42
Governor of California - United States
William Allen age 64
Governor of Ohio - United States
Romualdo Pacheco age 36
Governor of California - United States
Henry Huntly Haight age 42
Governor of California - United States
Richard Coke age 38
Governor of Texas - United States
Powell Clayton age 34
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Parson Brownlow age 62
Governor of Tennessee - United States
John C. Brown age 41
Governor of Tennessee - United States
William B. Washburn age 48
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Edmund J. Davis age 40
Governor of Texas - United States
Reuben Fenton age 48
Governor of New York - United States
Oran Milo Roberts age 52
Governor of Texas - United States
Elisha Baxter age 40
Governor of Arkansas - United States
William Irwin age 40
Governor of California - United States
James Black Groome age 29
Governor of Maryland - United States
William Read Miller age 44
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Alexander Bullock age 51
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Thomas Swann age 59
Governor of Maryland - United States
Elisha M. Pease age 56
Governor of Texas - United States
Theodore F. Randolph age 41
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Richard B. Hubbard age 35
Governor of Texas - United States
Frederick W. M. Holliday age 39
Governor of Virginia - United States
Edward Follansbee Noyes age 35
Governor of Ohio - United States
William Pinkney Whyte age 43
Governor of Maryland - United States
Gilbert C. Walker age 34
Governor of Virginia - United States
William Gaston age 47
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Thomas L. Young age 35
Governor of Ohio - United States
Alexander H. Rice age 49
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Isaac Murphy age 68
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Joel Parker age 51
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Henry H. Wells age 44
Governor of Virginia - United States
Thomas Talbot age 49
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
William Claflin age 49
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Dewitt Clinton Senter age 37
Governor of Tennessee - United States
John Lee Carroll age 37
Governor of Maryland - United States
Lucius Robinson age 57
Governor of New York - United States
Conrad Baker age 51
Governor of Indiana - United States
Benjamin F. Conley age 52
Governor of Georgia - United States
Marcus Lawrence Ward age 55
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Richard M. Bishop age 55
Governor of Ohio - United States
James D. Williams age 60
Governor of Indiana - United States