✦ History

Explore February 14, 1879 – April 4, 1884

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Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924
Argentine Civil Wars 1814 - 1880
Texas–Indian wars 1820 - 1882
Apache Wars 1849 - 1924
Occupation of Araucanía 1861 - 1883
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Gilded Age 1870 - 1900
Nauruan Civil War 1878 - 1888
Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878 - 1880
Anglo-Zulu War 1879-01-11 - 1879-07-04
War of the Pacific 1879-02-14 - 1884-04-04
Battle of Intombe 1879-03-12
Battle of Kambula 1879-03-29
Battle of Iquique 1879-05-21
Treaty of Gandamak 1879-05-26
Battle of Ulundi 1879-07-04 - 1879-07-04
Battle of Geok Tepe 1880-12 - 1881-01
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 1880-12-20
First Boer War 1880-12-20 - 1881-03-23
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) 1881
Scramble for Africa 1881 - 1914
Assassination of Alexander II of Russia 1881-03-13
Treaty of Bardo 1881-05-12 - 1956-03-20
Austro-Serbian alliance of 1881 1881-06-28
Mahdist War 1881-06-29 - 1899-11-24
Pretoria Convention 1881-08-03
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882-05-06
Joseon–United States Treaty of 1882 1882-05-22
Anglo-Egyptian War 1882-07-11 - 1882-09-13
Tonkin campaign 1883 - 1886
Treaty of Ancón 1883
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883-03-20
1883 eruption of Krakatoa 1883-08-26 - 1883-08-27
Battle of Shaykan 1883-11-03 - 1883-11-05
Franco-Hova Wars 1883-12 - 1895-09-30
Siege of Khartoum 1884-03-13 - 1885-01-26

People

Queen Victoria age 59
Queen - United Kingdom
James A. Garfield age 47
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 56
President - United States
Chester A. Arthur age 49
President - United States
Alexander II of Russia age 60
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 36
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 48
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Alexander III of Russia age 33
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 43
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 26
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 81
Emperor - German Empire
Porfirio Díaz age 48
President - Mexico
Pedro II of Brazil age 53
Emperor - Brazil
Umberto I of Italy age 34
King - Italy
Jules Grévy age 71
President - France
Guangxu Emperor age 7
Emperor - Imperial China
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 47
Shah - Iran
Isma'il Pasha age 48
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 26
King - Joseon
Tewfik Pasha age 26
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Yohannes IV age 41
Emperor - Ethiopia
Manuel González age 45
President - Mexico
Justo Rufino Barrios age 43
President - Guatemala
Otto von Bismarck age 63
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 74
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 69
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Agostino Depretis age 66
Prime Minister - Italy
Benedetto Cairoli age 54
Prime Minister - Italy
Nubar Pasha age 54
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi age 39
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mohamed Sherif Pasha age 53
Prime Minister - Egypt
Riyad Pasha age 45
Prime Minister - Egypt
Raghib Pasha age 59
Prime Minister - Egypt
Morrison Waite age 62
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
William A. Wheeler age 59
Vice President - United States
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 55
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Pasha age 41
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Arifi Pasha age 49
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kadri Pasha age 47
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
James G. Blaine age 49
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Todd Lincoln age 35
Secretary of War - United States
John Sherman age 55
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William M. Evarts age 61
Secretary of State - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 38
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 61
Secretary of State - United States
William Windom age 51
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 63
Secretary of War - United States
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire age 45
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 53
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Charles J. Folger age 60
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 60
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Harcourt age 51
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George W. McCrary age 43
Secretary of War - United States
Charles Devens age 58
Attorney General - United States
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 41
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Hugh Childers age 51
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Benjamin H. Brewster age 62
Attorney General - United States
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley age 53
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 55
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Wayne MacVeagh age 45
Attorney General - United States
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby age 52
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain age 42
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
John Bright age 67
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 75
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby age 48
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton age 53
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Thomas Edward Taylor age 67
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Samuel F. Phillips age 55
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
Benjamin Harrison age 45
Senate - United States
Hannibal Hamlin age 69
Senate - United States
Ambrose Burnside age 54
Senate - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 50
Senate - United States
John B. Gordon age 47
Senate - United States
William Mahone age 52
Senate - United States
Augustus H. Garland age 46
Senate - United States
William McKinley age 36
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Balfour age 30
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 42
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Levi P. Morton age 54
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 72
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander H. Stephens age 67
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 60
House of Representatives - United States
William S. Rosecrans age 59
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 68
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife age 29
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Carter Glass age 21
House of Representatives - United States
John G. Carlisle age 44
House of Representatives - United States
Henry W. Slocum age 51
House of Representatives - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 33
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Joseph McKenna age 35
House of Representatives - United States
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 47
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
William Henry Moody age 25
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Wheeler age 42
House of Representatives - United States
John Alexander McClernand age 66
House of Representatives - United States
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long age 24
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote age 32
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 67
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Spencer Horatio Walpole age 72
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee age 40
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley age 36
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth age 29
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston age 27
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Grover Cleveland age 41
Governor of New York - United States
George B. McClellan age 52
Governor of New Jersey - United States
George Stoneman age 56
Governor of California - United States
Charles Foster age 50
Governor of Ohio - United States
George C. Perkins age 39
Governor of California - United States
John Davis Long age 40
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
James H. Berry age 37
Governor of Arkansas - United States
William T. Hamilton age 58
Governor of Maryland - United States
Thomas James Churchill age 54
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Oran Milo Roberts age 63
Governor of Texas - United States
William Irwin age 51
Governor of California - United States
Robert Milligan McLane age 63
Governor of Maryland - United States
William Read Miller age 55
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Frederick W. M. Holliday age 51
Governor of Virginia - United States
William E. Cameron age 36
Governor of Virginia - United States
John Ireland age 52
Governor of Texas - United States
George D. Robinson age 45
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Thomas Talbot age 60
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
George Hoadly age 52
Governor of Ohio - United States
John Lee Carroll age 48
Governor of Maryland - United States
Lucius Robinson age 68
Governor of New York - United States
Alonzo B. Cornell age 47
Governor of New York - United States
Albert G. Porter age 54
Governor of Indiana - United States
Richard M. Bishop age 66
Governor of Ohio - United States
Leon Abbett age 42
Governor of New Jersey - United States
James D. Williams age 71
Governor of Indiana - United States
Isaac P. Gray age 50
Governor of Indiana - United States
George C. Ludlow age 48
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Alfred H. Colquitt age 54
Governor of Georgia - United States
Henry Dickerson McDaniel age 42
Governor of Georgia - United States
James S. Boynton age 45
Governor of Georgia - United States
Richard Olney age 43
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Nathaniel P. Banks age 63
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
George S. Boutwell age 61
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Sickles age 59
New York State Senate - United States
William F. Wharton age 31
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Leo XIII age 69
Pope - Vatican City
Chulalongkorn age 25
King - Thailand
Ludwig II of Bavaria age 33
King of Bavaria - Kingdom of Bavaria
Christian IX of Denmark age 60
King - Denmark
Alfonso XII age 21
King - Spain
Oscar II of Sweden age 50
King - Sweden
Carol I of Romania age 39
King - Kingdom of Romania
Paul Kruger age 53
State President - South African Republic
William III of the Netherlands age 62
King - Netherlands
Abdur Rahman Khan age 39
Emir - Afghanistan
Kalākaua age 42
Monarch of Hawaii - Kingdom of Hawaii
Julio Argentino Roca age 35
President - Argentina
Albert I of Saxony age 50
King of Saxony - Kingdom of Saxony
Louis IV of Hesse age 41
Grand Duke of Hesse - Grand Duchy of Hesse
Nicolás Avellaneda age 41
President - Argentina
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden age 52
Grand Duke of Baden - Grand Duchy of Baden
Andrés Avelino Cáceres age 43
President - Peru
Cetshwayo kaMpande age 53
King of the Zulu - Zulu Kingdom
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton age 47
Viceroy - British Raj
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 51
Viceroy - British Raj
Domingo Santa María age 53
President - Chile
Aníbal Pinto age 53
President - Chile
Alfred Francis Russell age 61
President - Liberia
Bernardino Caballero age 39
President - Paraguay
Peter II of Oldenburg age 51
Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Oldenburg
Ulises Heureaux age 33
President - Dominican Republic
Hilarión Daza age 39
President - Bolivia
Anthony W. Gardner age 59
President - Liberia
Mariano Ignacio Prado age 52
President - Peru
Cándido Bareiro age 45
President - Paraguay
Ignacio de Veintemilla age 50
President - Ecuador
Marco Aurelio Soto age 32
President - Honduras
Lorenzo Latorre age 34
President - Uruguay
Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani age 58
Emir - Qatar
José Eusebio Otalora age 52
President - Colombia
Francisco García Calderón age 44
President - Peru
Barghash bin Said age 42
Sultan of Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar
Francisco Javier Zaldúa age 67
President - Colombia
Rafael Zaldívar age 45
President - El Salvador
Hilary R. W. Johnson age 41
President - Liberia
Narciso Campero age 65
President - Bolivia
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno age 44
President - Costa Rica
Julián Trujillo Largacha age 51
President - Colombia
José Plácido Caamaño age 41
President - Ecuador
Lysius Salomon age 63
President - Haiti
Glele age 65
King of Dahomey - Kingdom of Dahomey
Isa I of Bahrain age 31
Hakim - Bahrain
Luis Bográn age 29
President - Honduras
Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal age 46
President - Haiti
Clímaco Calderón age 26
President - Colombia
Ezequiel Hurtado age 53
President - Colombia
Joseph Lamothe
President - Haiti
Muteesa I of Buganda age 42
Kabaka - Kingdom of Buganda
Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez age 52
President - Costa Rica
Adolfo Saguier age 47
President - Paraguay
Kigeli IV Rwabugiri age 39
Mwami - Kingdom of Rwanda
Pedro José Domingo de Guerra age 69
President - Bolivia
Mwezi IV of Burundi age 39
Mwami - Kingdom of Burundi
Umaru bin Ali age 55
Sultan of Sokoto - Sokoto Caliphate
Mensa Bonsu age 39
Asantehene - Asante Empire