✦ History

Explore May 9, 1871 – July 10, 1899

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Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924
Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20
Unification of Germany 1866-08-18 - 1871-05-10
Ten Years' War 1868-10-10 - 1878-02-10
Gilded Age 1870 - 1900
Paris Commune 1871-03-18 - 1871-05-28
Great Chicago Fire 1871-10-08 - 1871-10-10
Khivan campaign of 1873 1873-03-11 - 1873-06-14
Panic of 1873 1873-05-09
Civil Rights Act of 1875 1875-03-01
Great Sioux War of 1876 1876 - 1877-12-31
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876 1876-02-26
Invention of the telephone 1876-03-10
Battle of the Little Bighorn 1876-06-25 - 1876-06-26
Satsuma Rebellion 1877-01-29 - 1877-09-24
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
Congress of Berlin 1878-06-13 - 1878-07-13
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
Mahdist War 1881-06-29 - 1899-11-24
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882-05-06
Anglo-Egyptian War 1882-07-11 - 1882-09-13
1883 eruption of Krakatoa 1883-08-26 - 1883-08-27
Franco-Hova Wars 1883-12 - 1895-09-30
Siege of Khartoum 1884-03-13 - 1885-01-26
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
Second Franco-Dahomean War 1892-07-04 - 1894-01-15
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 1893-01-17
Women's suffrage in New Zealand 1893-09-19
First Sino-Japanese War 1894-07-25 - 1895-04-17
Dreyfus affair 1894-10-15 - 1906-07-12
First Italo-Ethiopian War 1895-01-13 - 1896-10-23
Cuban War of Independence 1895-02-24 - 1898-08-12
First Guangzhou Uprising 1895-10-26
Progressive era 1896 - 1916
Battle of Adwa 1896-03-01
1896 Summer Olympics 1896-04-06 - 1896-04-15
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896-05-18
Sinking of the USS Maine 1898-02-15
Spanish-American War 1898-04-21 - 1898-08-13
Battle of Manila Bay 1898-05-01 - 1898-05-01
Bombardment of San Juan 1898-05-12 - 1898-05-12
Battle of Guantánamo Bay 1898-06-06 - 1898-06-14
Capture of Guam 1898-06-20 - 1898-06-21
Battle of Las Guasimas 1898-06-24 - 1898-06-24
Battle of El Caney 1898-07-01 - 1898-07-01
Battle of San Juan Hill 1898-07-01 - 1898-07-01
Siege of Santiago 1898-07-03 - 1898-07-17
Battle of Santiago de Cuba 1898-07-03 - 1898-07-03
Puerto Rico campaign 1898-07-25 - 1898-08-13
Battle of Manila (1898) 1898-08-13 - 1898-08-13
Battle of Omdurman 1898-09-02
Fashoda Incident 1898-09-18 - 1898-11-03
Wuxu Coup 1898-09-22
Battle of Manila (1899) 1899-02-04 - 1899-02-05
Philippine-American War 1899-02-04 - 1902-07-02
Battle of Quingua 1899-04-23 - 1899-04-23

People

Queen Victoria age 51
Queen - United Kingdom
Ulysses S. Grant age 49
President - United States
James A. Garfield age 39
President - United States
Grover Cleveland age 34
President - United States
William McKinley age 28
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 48
President - United States
Nicholas II of Russia age 2
Emperor - Russian Empire
Benjamin Harrison age 37
President - United States
Chester A. Arthur age 41
President - United States
Wilhelm II age 12
Emperor - German Empire
Alexander II of Russia age 53
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 28
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 40
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Alexander III of Russia age 26
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 36
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 18
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 74
Emperor - German Empire
Benito Juárez age 65
President - Mexico
Adolphe Thiers age 74
President - France
Porfirio Díaz age 40
President - Mexico
Victor Emmanuel II age 51
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil age 45
Emperor - Brazil
Patrice de MacMahon age 62
President - France
Frederick III, German Emperor age 39
Emperor - German Empire
Umberto I of Italy age 27
King - Italy
Abdulaziz age 41
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Murad V age 30
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
Félix Faure age 30
President - France
Émile Loubet age 32
President - France
Menelik II age 26
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jean Casimir-Perier age 23
President - France
Abbas II of Egypt born 1874-07-14
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Isma'il Pasha age 40
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 18
King - Joseon
Tongzhi Emperor age 15
Emperor - Imperial China
Floriano Peixoto age 32
President - Brazil
Prudente de Morais age 29
President - Brazil
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar age 18
Shah - Iran
Campos Sales age 30
President - Brazil
Tewfik Pasha age 18
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 48
President - Mexico
Yohannes IV age 33
Emperor - Ethiopia
Charles Dupuy age 19
President - France
Manuel González age 37
President - Mexico
José María Iglesias age 48
President - Mexico
Manuel Estrada Cabrera age 11
President - Guatemala
Vicente Cerna y Cerna age 56
President - Guatemala
Alejandro M. Sinibaldi age 46
President - Guatemala
José María Reina Barrios age 16
President - Guatemala
Justo Rufino Barrios age 35
President - Guatemala
Manuel Barillas age 26
President - Guatemala
Miguel García Granados age 61
President - Guatemala
Otto von Bismarck age 56
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 66
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Pierre de Coubertin age 8
President - International Olympic Committee
William Ewart Gladstone age 61
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Itō Hirobumi age 29
Prime Minister - Japan
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 41
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Léon Bourgeois age 19
Prime Minister - France
Ōkuma Shigenobu age 33
Prime Minister - Japan
Leo von Caprivi age 40
Chancellor - German Empire
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery age 24
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Giovanni Giolitti age 28
Prime Minister - Italy
Yamagata Aritomo age 32
Prime Minister - Japan
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst age 52
Chancellor - German Empire
Demetrios Vikelas age 36
President - International Olympic Committee
Francesco Crispi age 52
Prime Minister - Italy
Matsukata Masayoshi age 36
Prime Minister - Japan
Kuroda Kiyotaka age 30
Prime Minister - Japan
Agostino Depretis age 58
Prime Minister - Italy
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì age 32
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti age 52
Prime Minister - Italy
Giovanni Lanza age 61
Prime Minister - Italy
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau age 24
Prime Minister - France
Benedetto Cairoli age 46
Prime Minister - Italy
Sanjō Sanetomi age 34
Prime Minister - Japan
Luigi Pelloux age 32
Prime Minister - Italy
Alexandre Ribot age 29
Prime Minister - France
Nubar Pasha age 46
Prime Minister - Egypt
Henri Brisson age 35
Prime Minister - France
Jules Méline age 32
Prime Minister - France
Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi age 31
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mohamed Sherif Pasha age 45
Prime Minister - Egypt
Botho zu Eulenburg age 39
Minister-President - Kingdom of Prussia
Mustafa Fahmi Paşa age 30
Prime Minister - Egypt
Riyad Pasha age 37
Prime Minister - Egypt
Raghib Pasha age 51
Prime Minister - Egypt
Salmon P. Chase age 63
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Melville Fuller age 38
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Morrison Waite age 54
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Henry Wilson age 59
Vice President - United States
Garret Hobart age 26
Vice President - United States
Levi P. Morton age 47
Vice President - United States
William A. Wheeler age 51
Vice President - United States
Schuyler Colfax age 48
Vice President - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 51
Vice President - United States
Adlai Stevenson I age 35
Vice President - United States
Midhat Pasha age 48
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha age 56
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 47
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kâmil Pasha age 39
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Nedim Pasha age 53
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Pasha age 33
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Edhem Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Hüseyin Avni Pasha age 52
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Saffet Pasha age 57
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Arifi Pasha age 41
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Halil Rifat Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha age 45
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kadri Pasha age 39
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha age 43
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Sadık Pasha age 46
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Peng Dehuai born 1898-10-24
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
Dong Biwu born 1886-03-05
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
He Long born 1896-03-22
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
H. H. Asquith age 18
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 34
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain age 34
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
James G. Blaine age 41
Secretary of State - United States
John Hay age 32
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Todd Lincoln age 27
Secretary of War - United States
John Sherman age 48
Secretary of State - United States
Hamilton Fish age 62
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne age 26
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
William M. Evarts age 53
Secretary of State - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 42
Secretary of State - United States
John W. Foster age 35
Secretary of State - United States
Walter Q. Gresham age 39
Secretary of State - United States
William R. Day age 22
Secretary of State - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 30
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 53
Secretary of State - United States
Richard Olney age 35
Secretary of State - United States
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 43
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
George S. Boutwell age 53
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alphonso Taft age 60
Secretary of War - United States
William Windom age 44
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 62
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
George Henry Williams age 48
Attorney General - United States
Lot M. Morrill age 58
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 55
Secretary of War - United States
Russell A. Alger age 35
Secretary of War - United States
Charles Foster age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John G. Carlisle age 36
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville age 56
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire age 37
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 45
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
William W. Belknap age 41
Secretary of War - United States
Charles J. Folger age 53
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles S. Fairchild age 29
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Benjamin Bristow age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 25
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Joseph McKenna age 27
Attorney General - United States
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
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Judson Harmon age 25
Attorney General - United States
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 52
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare age 56
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Crowninshield Endicott age 44
Secretary of War - United States
Stephen B. Elkins age 29
Secretary of War - United States
Lyman J. Gage age 34
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Harcourt age 43
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
George W. McCrary age 35
Secretary of War - United States
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook age 56
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Charles Devens age 51
Attorney General - United States
Edwards Pierrepont age 54
Attorney General - United States
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 33
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Adams Richardson age 49
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh Childers age 43
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Benjamin H. Brewster age 54
Attorney General - United States
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley age 45
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Daniel S. Lamont age 20
Secretary of War - United States
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 47
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 59
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Wayne MacVeagh age 38
Attorney General - United States
William Henry Smith age 45
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
William H. H. Miller age 30
Attorney General - United States
John W. Griggs age 21
Attorney General - United States
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley age 28
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Ward Hunt age 45
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff age 45
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edwin F. Uhl age 29
Secretary of State - United States
William F. Wharton age 23
Secretary of State - United States
Edward Stanhope age 30
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
Arthur Balfour age 22
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce age 33
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Edward Douglass White age 25
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary