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Events

Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840

Spanish American wars of independence 1808-09-25 - 1833-12-29

Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850

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

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

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 Spicheren 1870-08-06 - 1870-08-06

Battle of Wörth 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

Lei Áurea 1888-05-13

People

Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria born 1868-04-22

Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria born 1865-04-21

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha born 1884-07-19

Prince Louis of Battenberg born 1854-05-24

Matthias Erzberger born 1875-09-20

Raymond A. Spruance born 1886-07-03

Lauri Ingman born 1868-06-30

Alexandros Papagos born 1883-12-09

Gyula Gömbös born 1886-12-26

Johan Nygaardsvold born 1879-09-06

Bernardino Machado born 1851-03-28

Wakatsuki Reijirō born 1866-03-21

Hamaguchi Osachi born 1870-04-01

Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì born 1839-04-16

Luigi Luzzatti born 1841-03-11

René Viviani born 1863-11-08

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria born 1869-05-18

Karl Nesselrode age 50

Tokugawa Iemochi born 1846-07-17

Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark born 1870-08-30

Prince George of Greece and Denmark born 1869-06-24

Empress Myeongseong born 1851-11-17

Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands age 56

Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria age 29

Maria Anna of Savoy age 28

Maria Pia of Savoy born 1847-10-16

María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias born 1880-09-11

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone born 1883-02-25

Charles Tupper age 10

Alexandros Mavrokordatos age 40

Ōyama Iwao born 1842-11-12

Joseph Gallieni born 1849-04-24

José Félix Uriburu born 1868-07-20

Agustín Pedro Justo born 1876-02-26

Maximiliano Hernández Martínez born 1882-10-21

Döme Sztójay born 1883-01-05

Yusef of Morocco born 1882-01-01

Sidónio Pais born 1872-05-01

Christian Rakovsky born 1873-08-13

Eduardo Dato born 1856-08-12

J. E. B. Stuart born 1833-02-06

Hugh Dowding born 1882-04-24

Giuseppe Saracco age 10

Alessandro Fortis born 1842-09-16

Louis Botha born 1862-09-27

François Achille Bazaine age 20

Fevzi Çakmak born 1876-01-12

Charles Dupuy born 1851-11-05

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty born 1871-01-17

Nogi Maresuke born 1849-12-25

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia born 1832-10-13

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia born 1858-08-22

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg age 1

Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia born 1871-05-09

Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark born 1872-01-22

Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark born 1876-03-03

Ömer Lütfi Pasha age 24

Nikolaus von Falkenhorst born 1885-01-17

Princess Louise of Prussia born 1838-12-03

Prince Henry of Prussia (born 1862) born 1862-08-14

Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden age 5

Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry age 32

Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse born 1868-11-25

Mackenzie Bowell age 7

Ahmet Tevfik Pasha born 1845-02-10

Ahmed Izzet Pasha born 1864-01-01

Wilhelm Groener born 1867-11-22

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear born 1868-10-04

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo born 1877-11-03

Pedro Aguirre Cerda born 1879-02-06

Otto Strandman born 1875-11-30

Toivo Mikael Kivimäki born 1886-06-05

Adone Zoli born 1887-12-16

Gustavs Zemgals born 1871-08-12

Francisco León de la Barra born 1863-06-16

Pascual Ortiz Rubio born 1877-03-10

Abdelaziz of Morocco born 1878-02-24

Titu Maiorescu born 1840-02-15

Rickard Sandler born 1884-01-29

Carl Gustaf Ekman born 1872-10-06

Felix Hamrin born 1875-01-14

Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp born 1883-08-19

Erik Gustaf Boström born 1842-02-11

Arvid Lindman born 1862-09-19

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld born 1862-02-04

José Batlle y Ordóñez born 1856-05-21

John French born 1852-09-28

Giovanni Messe born 1883-12-10

Tommaso Tittoni born 1855-11-16

José Linhares born 1886-01-28

William D. Leahy born 1875-05-06

Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield born 1859-07-13

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel born 1870-11-06

Keir Hardie born 1856-08-15

Li Yuanhong born 1864-10-19

Viktor Chernov born 1873-12-07

Ugo Cavallero born 1880-09-20

Lothar Rendulic born 1887-10-23

Osman Nuri Pasha born 1832-01-01

Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia age 3

Radomir Putnik born 1847-01-24

Mikhail Loris-Melikov age 6

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia born 1847-04-22

Princess Patricia of Connaught born 1886-03-17

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick born 1887-11-17

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria age 39

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia born 1876-10-12

Vicente López y Planes age 46

Manuel Blanco Encalada age 41

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook born 1879-05-25

Guillaume-Henri Dufour age 44

Zeng Guofan age 19

Gerardo Machado born 1871-09-28

Juho Vennola born 1872-06-19

Kaarlo Castrén born 1860-02-28

István Bethlen born 1874-10-08

Nuri as-Said born 1888-01-01

Alberts Kviesis born 1881-12-22

Augustinas Voldemaras born 1883-04-16

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel born 1870-10-22

Ion I. C. Brătianu born 1864-08-20

Octavian Goga born 1881-04-01

Heungseon Daewongun age 10

Alexander von Kluck born 1846-05-20

Braxton Bragg age 14

Henry Halleck age 16

Pyotr Krasnov born 1869-09-22

Joseph Stilwell born 1883-03-19

W. T. Cosgrave born 1880-06-06

Gustav Ritter von Kahr born 1862-11-29

Feng Yuxiang born 1882-11-06

Jisaburō Ozawa born 1886-10-02

Enomoto Takeaki born 1836-10-25

Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov age 44

Kâzım Karabekir born 1882-01-01

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg born 1865-12-23

Archduke John of Austria age 49

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg age 12

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (born 1831) age 2 months

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia born 1860-10-03

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia born 1859-04-26

Princess Cecilie of Baden born 1839-09-20

Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1886-09-20

Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov age 54

Mamoru Shigemitsu born 1887-07-29

Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) age 23

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz age 53

Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies born 1843-03-24

Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy born 1843-03-02

Carlos Pellegrini born 1846-10-11

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce born 1838-05-10

Sanford B. Dole born 1844-04-23

Iwane Matsui born 1878-07-27

Frank Jack Fletcher born 1885-04-29

Edelmiro Julián Farrell born 1887-02-12

Bogdan Filov born 1883-04-10

Sisowath Monivong born 1875-12-27

Kaarel Eenpalu born 1888-05-28

Juho Sunila born 1875-08-16

Noe Zhordania born 1868-01-14

Ferenc Münnich born 1886-11-18

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy born 1885-04-13

Joseph Bech born 1887-02-17

Francisco S. Carvajal born 1870-12-09

Abd al-Hafid of Morocco born 1875-01-01

Manuel Gomes da Costa born 1863-01-14

Carl Swartz born 1858-06-05

Wincenty Witos born 1874-01-21

Joseph Hooker age 16

John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort born 1886-07-10

Sanjō Sanetomi born 1837-03-13

Luigi Pelloux born 1839-03-01

Franz von Hipper born 1863-09-13

Osceola age 27

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner born 1854-03-23

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts born 1832-09-30

Husband E. Kimmel born 1882-02-26

Svetozar Boroević born 1856-12-13

Cetshwayo kaMpande age 5

Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen born 1856-06-04

Wilhelm von Tegetthoff age 3

Alfred von Waldersee born 1832-04-08

Carlo Sforza born 1872-01-23

Empress Shōken born 1849-05-09

Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia born 1843-09-20

Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland born 1884-06-17

Étienne Maurice Gérard age 58

Charles Carroll of Carrollton age 94

Frederick II of Baden born 1857-07-09

Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine born 1866-07-11

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria born 1883-09-02

Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867–1944) born 1867-05-31

Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont born 1861-02-17

José Evaristo Uriburu born 1831-11-19

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. born 1887-09-13

Kimon Georgiev born 1882-08-11

Eloy Alfaro born 1842-06-25

Manuel de Arriaga born 1840-06-08

Nils Edén born 1871-08-25

Hsu Shih-chang born 1855-10-23

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