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Events

Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850

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

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 Trautenau 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27

Battle of Langensalza (1866) 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

Meiji Constitution 1889-02-11

Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil) 1889-11-15

People

Prince Gaston, Count of Eu age 3

Sergey Kamenev born 1881-04-16

Prince Charles of Prussia age 43

Marie of Prussia age 19

George II of Saxe-Meiningen age 19

Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia born 1887-01-29

Hermine Reuss of Greiz born 1887-12-17

Prince Arthur of Connaught born 1883-01-13

Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily age 66

Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies age 28

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria age 26

Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria age 14

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg age 47

Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies born 1849-08-02

Princess Louise of Belgium born 1858-02-18

Infanta María Teresa of Spain born 1882-11-12

Prince Henry of Battenberg born 1858-10-05

Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone born 1874-04-14

Joaquín Prieto age 58

Ramón Freire age 57

Spyridon Trikoupis age 57

John Ballance age 6

Slobodan Jovanović born 1869-12-03

Pedro Pablo Ramírez born 1884-01-30

Michael Mayr born 1864-04-10

Georges Theunis born 1873-02-28

Aleksandar Tsankov born 1879-06-29

José Miguel Gómez born 1858-07-06

Mario García Menocal born 1866-12-17

Alexandros Koryzis born 1885-01-01

Pavlos Kountouriotis born 1854-01-01

Tiburcio Carías born 1876-03-05

Sándor Garbai born 1879-03-27

István Friedrich born 1883-07-01

Kálmán Darányi born 1886-03-22

Erik Scavenius born 1877-07-13

Edwin Barclay born 1882-01-05

Antanas Merkys born 1887-02-13

Peder Kolstad born 1878-11-28

António José de Almeida born 1866-07-17

Ion G. Duca born 1879-12-20

Iuliu Maniu born 1873-01-08

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod born 1872-02-27

H. H. Kung born 1881-09-11

Yen Hsi-shan born 1883-08-08

Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada born 1884-07-15

José Félix Estigarribia born 1888-02-21

Óscar R. Benavides born 1876-03-15

Don Stephen Senanayake born 1884-10-20

Diego Martínez Barrio born 1883-11-25

Irvin McDowell age 26

Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth born 1876-08-17

Manuel Gómez Pedraza age 56

Huang Xing born 1874-01-01

Takeo Kurita born 1889-04-28

Vladimir Purishkevich born 1870-08-24

Ahmed Muhtar Pasha age 12

Archduke Eugen of Austria born 1863-05-21

Taytu Betul born 1851-01-01

Halil Kut born 1882-01-01

Mario Roatta born 1887-02-02

Nelson A. Miles age 5

Jubal Early age 28

Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld age 63

Princess Charlotte of Württemberg age 38

Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia born 1860-06-13

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia born 1864-01-22

Bezmiâlem Sultan age 38

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias age 41

Mitsuru Ushijima born 1887-07-31

Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin age 42

Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872) age 35

Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948) born 1884-07-14

Princess Clémentine of Belgium born 1872-07-30

Princess Margaretha of Saxony age 5

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha born 1884-04-20

Ramón Castilla age 47

Hiram Johnson born 1866-09-02

Miriam A. Ferguson born 1875-06-13

John Sutter age 42

Doihara Kenji born 1883-08-08

Harlan F. Stone born 1872-10-11

Robert Bacon born 1860-07-05

Philander C. Knox born 1853-05-06

Omer Nishani born 1887-02-05

Rudolf Ramek born 1881-04-12

Andrey Lyapchev born 1866-12-12

Johannes Vares born 1890-01-12

Antti Tulenheimo born 1879-12-04

Rafael Erich born 1879-06-10

Károly Huszár born 1882-09-10

Gyula Károlyi born 1871-05-07

Hannes Hafstein born 1861-12-04

Alexander Bustamante born 1884-02-24

Hendrikus Colijn born 1869-06-22

Jens Hundseid born 1883-05-06

Taimur bin Faisal Al Said born 1886-01-01

Vladimir Kokovtsov born 1853-04-30

Boris Stürmer born 1848-07-27

Fredrik von Otter age 12

Giuseppe Motta born 1871-12-29

Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena born 1887-03-29

George Tupou II born 1874-06-18

Eleazar López Contreras born 1883-05-05

Eusebio Ayala born 1875-08-14

Santiago Casares Quiroga born 1884-05-08

Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero age 12

José Giral born 1879-10-22

Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas born 1859-11-05

Sisowath of Cambodia age 4

Richard S. Ewell age 28

Robert Gould Shaw age 7

Charles Joseph Bonaparte born 1851-06-09

José María Bocanegra age 58

Zuo Zongtang age 32

Hisaichi Terauchi born 1879-08-08

Hans Hartwig von Beseler born 1850-04-27

John Pope age 23

Vittorio Ambrosio born 1879-07-28

Arthur Percival born 1887-12-26

Iosif Gurko age 16

Max von Gallwitz born 1852-05-02

Gonzalo Queipo de Llano born 1875-02-10

John Monash born 1865-06-27

Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877) age 37

Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg age 27

Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg age 6

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919) born 1863-08-23

Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia born 1886-07-05

Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1865–1927) born 1865-01-25

Princess Anastasia of Montenegro born 1868-01-04

Pertevniyal Sultan age 33

Şehzade Ahmed Nihad born 1883-07-05

Otto Ruge born 1882-01-09

Eberhard von Mackensen born 1889-09-24

Alphonse Juin born 1888-12-16

Frederick William, Elector of Hesse age 42

William II, Elector of Hesse age 67

Frederick I of Anhalt age 14

Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia born 1883-07-07

Archduchess Clementina of Austria age 47

Princess Elisabeth of Savoy age 45

Archduchess Sophie of Austria born 1855-03-05

Étienne Constantin de Gerlache age 59

Gabriel Antonio Pereira age 51

James M. Cox born 1870-03-31

Yoshijirō Umezu born 1882-01-04

Cai E born 1882-12-19

Francis Biddle born 1886-05-09

Léon Delacroix born 1867-12-27

Daniel Salamanca Urey born 1869-07-08

Pedro Montt born 1849-06-29

Germán Riesco born 1854-05-28

Juan Luis Sanfuentes born 1858-12-27

Eduardo Santos born 1888-08-28

Oskari Mantere born 1874-09-18

Georgios Tsolakoglou born 1886-04-01

Jón Þorláksson born 1877-03-03

Jón Magnússon born 1859-01-16

Carl Theodor Zahle born 1866-01-19

Niels Neergaard born 1854-06-27

Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics born 1887-02-05

João do Canto e Castro born 1862-05-19

Dimitrie Sturdza age 12

Patriarch Miron of Romania born 1868-07-20

Gerhard Louis De Geer born 1854-11-27

Christian Lundeberg age 2

Gustave Ador born 1845-12-23

Juan Bautista Pérez born 1869-12-20

Kazimierz Bartel born 1882-03-03

José Pardo y Barreda born 1864-02-24

Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading born 1860-10-10

Robert Anderson age 39

George Pickett age 20

Richard O'Connor born 1889-08-21

Joseph Avenol born 1879-06-09

William Gibbs McAdoo born 1863-10-31

Zaifeng, Prince Chun born 1883-02-12

Koos de la Rey born 1847-10-22

Charles Cousin-Montauban age 48

Georg-Hans Reinhardt born 1887-03-01

Kodama Gentarō born 1852-03-16

Piet Joubert age 11

Christiaan de Wet born 1854-10-07

Ian Hamilton born 1853-01-16

Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 26

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia born 1869-10-07

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia born 1869-05-26

Thomas Blamey born 1884-01-24

Princess Elisabeth of Prussia age 29

Princess Anna of Prussia age 9

Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau age 7

Leopold IV of Anhalt age 50

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este age 64

Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria born 1860-09-05

Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria born 1878-07-07

Elias, Duke of Parma born 1880-07-23

Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1869–1955) born 1869-06-17

Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein born 1872-08-12

Mirabeau B. Lamar age 46

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