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Explore June 12, 1865 – February 23, 1888

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Events

Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26
Nian Rebellion 1851 - 1868
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Second French intervention in Mexico 1861-12-08 - 1867-06-21
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
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
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
Scramble for Africa 1881 - 1914
Assassination of Alexander II of Russia 1881-03-13
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882-05-06
1883 eruption of Krakatoa 1883-08-26 - 1883-08-27
Sino-French War 1884-08-22 - 1885-04-04
Berlin Conference 1884-11-15 - 1885-02-26
Atrocities in the Congo Free State 1885-02-26 - 1908-11-15
Founding of the Indian National Congress 1885-12-28 - 1885-12-31
Haymarket affair 1886-05-04

People

Queen Victoria age 46
Queen - United Kingdom
Ulysses S. Grant age 43
President - United States
James A. Garfield age 33
President - United States
Grover Cleveland age 28
President - United States
Andrew Johnson age 56
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 42
President - United States
Chester A. Arthur age 35
President - United States
Napoleon III age 57
Emperor of the French - France
Alexander II of Russia age 47
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 22
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 34
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Alexander III of Russia age 20
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 30
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 12
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 68
Emperor - German Empire
Benito Juárez age 59
President - Mexico
Adolphe Thiers age 68
President - France
Porfirio Díaz age 34
President - Mexico
Victor Emmanuel II age 45
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil age 39
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 74
King - Belgium
Patrice de MacMahon age 57
President - France
Umberto I of Italy age 21
King - Italy
Abdulaziz age 35
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Murad V age 24
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Jules Grévy age 57
President - France
Sadi Carnot (statesman) age 27
President - France
Guangxu Emperor born 1871-08-14
Emperor - Imperial China
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 33
Shah - Iran
Emperor Kōmei age 33
Emperor - Japan
Isma'il Pasha age 34
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 12
King - Joseon
Tongzhi Emperor age 9
Emperor - Imperial China
Tewodros II age 47
Emperor - Ethiopia
Tewfik Pasha age 12
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Louis-Jules Trochu age 50
President - France
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 42
President - Mexico
Yohannes IV age 27
Emperor - Ethiopia
Manuel González age 32
President - Mexico
José María Iglesias age 42
President - Mexico
Vicente Cerna y Cerna age 50
President - Guatemala
Otto von Bismarck age 50
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 60
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 55
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Itō Hirobumi age 23
Prime Minister - Japan
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 80
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 35
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 72
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 66
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Francesco Crispi age 46
Prime Minister - Italy
Bettino Ricasoli age 56
Prime Minister - Italy
Agostino Depretis age 52
Prime Minister - Italy
Urbano Rattazzi age 57
Prime Minister - Italy
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora age 60
Prime Minister - Italy
Luigi Federico Menabrea age 55
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti age 46
Prime Minister - Italy
Giovanni Lanza age 55
Prime Minister - Italy
Benedetto Cairoli age 40
Prime Minister - Italy
Nubar Pasha age 40
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi age 25
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mohamed Sherif Pasha age 39
Prime Minister - Egypt
Riyad Pasha age 31
Prime Minister - Egypt
Raghib Pasha age 45
Prime Minister - Egypt
Salmon P. Chase age 57
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Morrison Waite age 48
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Henry Wilson age 53
Vice President - United States
William A. Wheeler age 45
Vice President - United States
Schuyler Colfax age 42
Vice President - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 45
Vice President - United States
Midhat Pasha age 42
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha age 50
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Fuad Pasha age 51
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 41
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kâmil Pasha age 33
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Nedim Pasha age 47
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Pasha age 27
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Edhem Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Hüseyin Avni Pasha age 46
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Saffet Pasha age 51
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Arifi Pasha age 35
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha age 39
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kadri Pasha age 33
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha age 37
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Sadık Pasha age 40
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Dong Biwu born 1886-03-05
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
William H. Seward age 64
Secretary of State - United States
James G. Blaine age 35
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Todd Lincoln age 21
Secretary of War - United States
John Sherman age 42
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Edwin Stanton age 50
Secretary of War - United States
Hamilton Fish age 56
Secretary of State - United States
William M. Evarts age 47
Secretary of State - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 36
Secretary of State - United States
Walter Q. Gresham age 33
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Elihu B. Washburne age 48
Secretary of State - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 24
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 47
Secretary of State - United States
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 37
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
George S. Boutwell age 47
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Schofield age 33
Secretary of War - United States
Alphonso Taft age 54
Secretary of War - United States
William Windom age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 56
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
George Henry Williams age 42
Attorney General - United States
Lot M. Morrill age 52
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 49
Secretary of War - United States
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 39
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
William W. Belknap age 35
Secretary of War - United States
Charles J. Folger age 47
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles S. Fairchild age 23
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Benjamin Bristow age 33
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 19
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Augustus H. Garland age 33
Attorney General - United States
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 33
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 46
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare age 50
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Crowninshield Endicott age 38
Secretary of War - United States
William Harcourt age 37
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
James Speed age 53
Attorney General - United States
George W. McCrary age 29
Secretary of War - United States
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook age 50
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Charles Devens age 45
Attorney General - United States
Edwards Pierrepont age 48
Attorney General - United States
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 27
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Adams Richardson age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh Childers age 37
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Benjamin H. Brewster age 48
Attorney General - United States
Henry Stanbery age 62
Attorney General - United States
Ebenezer R. Hoar age 49
Attorney General - United States
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 42
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 66
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 53
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Wayne MacVeagh age 32
Attorney General - United States
Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset age 60
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Spencer Horatio Walpole age 58
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Ward Hunt age 39
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff age 39
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Lowry-Corry age 62
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain age 28
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava age 39
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Bright age 53
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland age 46
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon age 65
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 61
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond age 47
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet age 26
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley age 39
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby age 34
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin age 24
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton age 39
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth age 20
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon age 58
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage age 25
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh age 63
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Thomas Edward Taylor age 54
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Benjamin Harrison age 31
Senate - United States
Hannibal Hamlin age 55
Senate - United States
Ambrose Burnside age 41
Senate - United States
Charles Sumner age 54
Senate - United States
Simon Cameron age 66
Senate - United States
John B. Gordon age 33
Senate - United States
William P. Fessenden age 58
Senate - United States
William Mahone age 38
Senate - United States
James Guthrie age 72
Senate - United States
Reverdy Johnson age 69
Senate - United States
Lyman Trumbull age 51
Senate - United States
William McKinley age 22
House of Representatives - United States
Arthur Balfour age 16
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
H. H. Asquith age 12
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
George Curzon age 6
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 28
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John C. Breckinridge age 44
House of Representatives - United States
Levi P. Morton age 41
House of Representatives - United States
Adlai Stevenson I age 29
House of Representatives - United States
James S. Sherman age 9
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 58
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander H. Stephens age 53
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 46
House of Representatives - United States
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll age 19
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
William S. Rosecrans age 45
House of Representatives - United States
Caleb Cushing age 65
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 54
House of Representatives - United States
Howell Cobb age 49
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife age 15
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Carter Glass age 7
House of Representatives - United States
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane age 8
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo age 43
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Foster age 37
House of Representatives - United States
John G. Carlisle age 30
House of Representatives - United States
Henry W. Slocum age 37
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph McKenna age 21
House of Representatives - United States
William Henry Moody age 11
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Wheeler age 28
House of Representatives - United States
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar age 5
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Alexander McClernand age 53
House of Representatives - United States
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long age 10
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom