✦ History

Explore August 30, 1870 – September 24, 1891

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Events

Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20
Gilded Age 1870 - 1900
Franco-Prussian War 1870-07-19 - 1871-01-28
Siege of Strasbourg 1870-08-16 - 1870-09-28
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
Wounded Knee Massacre 1890-12-29

People

Queen Victoria age 51
Queen - United Kingdom
Ulysses S. Grant age 48
President - United States
James A. Garfield age 38
President - United States
Grover Cleveland age 33
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 47
President - United States
Benjamin Harrison age 37
President - United States
Chester A. Arthur age 40
President - United States
Wilhelm II age 11
Emperor - German Empire
Napoleon III age 62
Emperor of the French - France
Alexander II of Russia age 52
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 27
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 40
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Alexander III of Russia age 25
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 35
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 17
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 73
Emperor - German Empire
Benito Juárez age 64
President - Mexico
Adolphe Thiers age 73
President - France
Porfirio Díaz age 39
President - Mexico
Victor Emmanuel II age 50
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil age 44
Emperor - Brazil
Patrice de MacMahon age 62
President - France
Frederick III, German Emperor age 38
Emperor - German Empire
Umberto I of Italy age 26
King - Italy
Abdulaziz age 40
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Murad V age 29
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Jules Grévy age 63
President - France
Sadi Carnot (statesman) age 33
President - France
Deodoro da Fonseca age 43
President - Brazil
Guangxu Emperor born 1871-08-14
Emperor - Imperial China
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 39
Shah - Iran
Menelik II age 26
Emperor - Ethiopia
Isma'il Pasha age 39
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 17
King - Joseon
Tongzhi Emperor age 14
Emperor - Imperial China
Tewfik Pasha age 17
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Louis-Jules Trochu age 55
President - France
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 47
President - Mexico
Yohannes IV age 33
Emperor - Ethiopia
Manuel González age 37
President - Mexico
José María Iglesias age 47
President - Mexico
Vicente Cerna y Cerna age 55
President - Guatemala
Otto von Bismarck age 55
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 65
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 60
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Itō Hirobumi age 28
Prime Minister - Japan
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 40
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Leo von Caprivi age 39
Chancellor - German Empire
Yamagata Aritomo age 32
Prime Minister - Japan
Francesco Crispi age 51
Prime Minister - Italy
Matsukata Masayoshi age 35
Prime Minister - Japan
Kuroda Kiyotaka age 29
Prime Minister - Japan
Agostino Depretis age 57
Prime Minister - Italy
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì age 31
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti age 51
Prime Minister - Italy
Giovanni Lanza age 60
Prime Minister - Italy
Benedetto Cairoli age 45
Prime Minister - Italy
Sanjō Sanetomi age 33
Prime Minister - Japan
Nubar Pasha age 45
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi age 30
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mohamed Sherif Pasha age 44
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mustafa Fahmi Paşa age 30
Prime Minister - Egypt
Riyad Pasha age 36
Prime Minister - Egypt
Raghib Pasha age 51
Prime Minister - Egypt
Salmon P. Chase age 62
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Melville Fuller age 37
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Morrison Waite age 53
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Henry Wilson age 58
Vice President - United States
Levi P. Morton age 46
Vice President - United States
William A. Wheeler age 51
Vice President - United States
Schuyler Colfax age 47
Vice President - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 51
Vice President - United States
Midhat Pasha age 47
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha age 55
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 47
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kâmil Pasha age 38
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Nedim Pasha age 52
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Pasha age 32
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Edhem Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Hüseyin Avni Pasha age 51
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Saffet Pasha age 56
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Arifi Pasha age 40
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kadri Pasha age 38
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha age 42
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Sadık Pasha age 45
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
James G. Blaine age 40
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Todd Lincoln age 27
Secretary of War - United States
John Sherman age 47
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hamilton Fish age 62
Secretary of State - United States
William M. Evarts age 52
Secretary of State - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 41
Secretary of State - United States
Walter Q. Gresham age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 29
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 53
Secretary of State - United States
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 42
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
George S. Boutwell age 52
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alphonso Taft age 59
Secretary of War - United States
William Windom age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 61
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
George Henry Williams age 47
Attorney General - United States
Lot M. Morrill age 57
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 55
Secretary of War - United States
Charles Foster age 42
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville age 55
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 44
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
William W. Belknap age 40
Secretary of War - United States
Charles J. Folger age 52
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles S. Fairchild age 28
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Benjamin Bristow age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 24
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Redfield Proctor age 39
Secretary of War - United States
Augustus H. Garland age 38
Attorney General - United States
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 39
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 51
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare age 55
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Crowninshield Endicott age 43
Secretary of War - United States
William Harcourt age 42
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
George W. McCrary age 35
Secretary of War - United States
Charles Devens age 50
Attorney General - United States
Edwards Pierrepont age 53
Attorney General - United States
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 32
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Adams Richardson age 48
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh Childers age 43
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Benjamin H. Brewster age 53
Attorney General - United States
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley age 44
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Ebenezer R. Hoar age 54
Attorney General - United States
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 47
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 58
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Wayne MacVeagh age 37
Attorney General - United States
William H. H. Miller age 30
Attorney General - United States
George Ward Hunt age 45
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff age 44
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edward Stanhope age 29
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby age 44
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon age 39
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford age 45
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain age 34
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava age 44
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Bright age 58
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland age 51
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 67
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook age 55
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet age 32
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby age 39
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin age 29
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton age 44
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth age 25
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage age 30
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Thomas Edward Taylor age 59
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
William Howard Taft age 12
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
George A. Jenks age 34
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
John Goode age 41
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
Orlow W. Chapman age 39
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
Samuel F. Phillips age 46
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
Andrew Johnson age 61
Senate - United States
Hannibal Hamlin age 61
Senate - United States
Ambrose Burnside age 46
Senate - United States
Charles Sumner age 59
Senate - United States
Edward Douglass White age 24
Senate - United States
Simon Cameron age 71
Senate - United States
John B. Gordon age 38
Senate - United States
John G. Carlisle age 36
Senate - United States
William Mahone age 43
Senate - United States
Lyman Trumbull age 56
Senate - United States
William McKinley age 27
House of Representatives - United States
David Lloyd George age 7
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Arthur Balfour age 22
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
H. H. Asquith age 17
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
George Curzon age 11
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 34
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John C. Breckinridge age 49
House of Representatives - United States
William Jennings Bryan age 10
House of Representatives - United States
Adlai Stevenson I age 34
House of Representatives - United States
James S. Sherman age 14
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 63
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander H. Stephens age 58
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 51
House of Representatives - United States
Fred M. Vinson born 1890-01-22
House of Representatives - United States
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll age 25
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Nathaniel P. Banks age 54
House of Representatives - United States
William S. Rosecrans age 51
House of Representatives - United States
Caleb Cushing age 70
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 60
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife age 20
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Carter Glass age 12
House of Representatives - United States
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane age 14
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry W. Slocum age 42
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph McKenna age 27
House of Representatives - United States
William Henry Moody age 16
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Wheeler age 33
House of Representatives - United States
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar age 10
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Alexander McClernand age 58
House of Representatives - United States
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long age 16
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom