✦ History

Explore June 5, 1872 – October 22, 1899

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Events

Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20
Gilded Age 1870 - 1900
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
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
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
Battle of Santiago de Cuba 1898-07-03 - 1898-07-03
Siege of Santiago 1898-07-03 - 1898-07-17
Puerto Rico campaign 1898-07-25 - 1898-08-13
Battle of Manila (1898) 1898-08-13 - 1898-08-13
Wuxu Coup 1898-09-22
Philippine-American War 1899-02-04 - 1902-07-02
Battle of Manila (1899) 1899-02-04 - 1899-02-05
Battle of Quingua 1899-04-23 - 1899-04-23
Hague Convention of 1899 1899-07-29
Second Boer War 1899-10-11 - 1902-05-31
Siege of Mafeking 1899-10-13 - 1900-05-17
Siege of Kimberley 1899-10-14 - 1900-02-15
Boxer Rebellion 1899-10-18 - 1901-09-07

People

Queen Victoria age 53
Queen - United Kingdom
Ulysses S. Grant age 50
President - United States
James A. Garfield age 40
President - United States
Grover Cleveland age 35
President - United States
William McKinley age 29
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 49
President - United States
Nicholas II of Russia age 4
Emperor - Russian Empire
Benjamin Harrison age 38
President - United States
Chester A. Arthur age 42
President - United States
Wilhelm II age 13
Emperor - German Empire
Alexander II of Russia age 54
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 29
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 41
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Alexander III of Russia age 27
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 37
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 19
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 75
Emperor - German Empire
Benito Juárez age 66
President - Mexico
Adolphe Thiers age 75
President - France
Porfirio Díaz age 41
President - Mexico
Victor Emmanuel II age 52
King - Italy
Pedro II of Brazil age 46
Emperor - Brazil
Patrice de MacMahon age 64
President - France
Frederick III, German Emperor age 40
Emperor - German Empire
Umberto I of Italy age 28
King - Italy
Abdulaziz age 42
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Murad V age 31
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Jules Grévy age 64
President - France
Sadi Carnot (statesman) age 34
President - France
Deodoro da Fonseca age 44
President - Brazil
Guangxu Emperor age 9 months
Emperor - Imperial China
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 40
Shah - Iran
Félix Faure age 31
President - France
Émile Loubet age 33
President - France
Menelik II age 27
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jean Casimir-Perier age 24
President - France
Abbas II of Egypt born 1874-07-14
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Isma'il Pasha age 41
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 19
King - Joseon
Tongzhi Emperor age 16
Emperor - Imperial China
Floriano Peixoto age 33
President - Brazil
Prudente de Morais age 30
President - Brazil
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar age 19
Shah - Iran
Campos Sales age 31
President - Brazil
Tewfik Pasha age 19
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada age 49
President - Mexico
Yohannes IV age 34
Emperor - Ethiopia
Charles Dupuy age 20
President - France
Manuel González age 38
President - Mexico
José María Iglesias age 49
President - Mexico
Manuel Estrada Cabrera age 12
President - Guatemala
Yohannes III age 75
Emperor - Ethiopia
Otto von Bismarck age 57
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 67
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Pierre de Coubertin age 9
President - International Olympic Committee
William Ewart Gladstone age 62
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Itō Hirobumi age 30
Prime Minister - Japan
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 42
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Ōkuma Shigenobu age 34
Prime Minister - Japan
Leo von Caprivi age 41
Chancellor - German Empire
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery age 25
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Giovanni Giolitti age 29
Prime Minister - Italy
Yamagata Aritomo age 34
Prime Minister - Japan
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst age 53
Chancellor - German Empire
Demetrios Vikelas age 37
President - International Olympic Committee
Francesco Crispi age 53
Prime Minister - Italy
Matsukata Masayoshi age 37
Prime Minister - Japan
Kuroda Kiyotaka age 31
Prime Minister - Japan
Agostino Depretis age 59
Prime Minister - Italy
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì age 33
Prime Minister - Italy
Marco Minghetti age 53
Prime Minister - Italy
Giovanni Lanza age 62
Prime Minister - Italy
Benedetto Cairoli age 47
Prime Minister - Italy
Sanjō Sanetomi age 35
Prime Minister - Japan
Luigi Pelloux age 33
Prime Minister - Italy
Nubar Pasha age 47
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi age 32
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mohamed Sherif Pasha age 46
Prime Minister - Egypt
Botho zu Eulenburg age 40
Minister-President - Kingdom of Prussia
Mustafa Fahmi Paşa age 32
Prime Minister - Egypt
Riyad Pasha age 38
Prime Minister - Egypt
Raghib Pasha age 52
Prime Minister - Egypt
Salmon P. Chase age 64
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Melville Fuller age 39
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Morrison Waite age 55
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Henry Wilson age 60
Vice President - United States
Garret Hobart age 28
Vice President - United States
Levi P. Morton age 48
Vice President - United States
William A. Wheeler age 52
Vice President - United States
Schuyler Colfax age 49
Vice President - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 52
Vice President - United States
Adlai Stevenson I age 36
Vice President - United States
Midhat Pasha age 49
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 48
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kâmil Pasha age 40
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Nedim Pasha age 54
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Pasha age 34
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Edhem Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Hüseyin Avni Pasha age 53
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Saffet Pasha age 58
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Arifi Pasha age 42
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Halil Rifat Pasha age 45
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha age 46
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kadri Pasha age 40
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Sadık Pasha age 47
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 19
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Elihu Root age 27
Secretary of War - United States
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 35
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain age 35
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
James G. Blaine age 42
Secretary of State - United States
John Hay age 33
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Todd Lincoln age 28
Secretary of War - United States
John Sherman age 49
Secretary of State - United States
Hamilton Fish age 63
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne age 27
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
William M. Evarts age 54
Secretary of State - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 43
Secretary of State - United States
John W. Foster age 36
Secretary of State - United States
Walter Q. Gresham age 40
Secretary of State - United States
William R. Day age 23
Secretary of State - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 31
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 54
Secretary of State - United States
Richard Olney age 36
Secretary of State - United States
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 44
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
George S. Boutwell age 54
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alphonso Taft age 61
Secretary of War - United States
William Windom age 45
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 63
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
George Henry Williams age 49
Attorney General - United States
Lot M. Morrill age 59
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alexander Ramsey age 56
Secretary of War - United States
Russell A. Alger age 36
Secretary of War - United States
Charles Foster age 44
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John G. Carlisle age 37
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 46
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
William W. Belknap age 42
Secretary of War - United States
Charles J. Folger age 54
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles S. Fairchild age 30
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Benjamin Bristow age 39
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 26
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Joseph McKenna age 28
Attorney General - United States
Redfield Proctor age 41
Secretary of War - United States
Augustus H. Garland age 40
Attorney General - United States
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 40
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Judson Harmon age 26
Attorney General - United States
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 53
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare age 57
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Crowninshield Endicott age 45
Secretary of War - United States
Stephen B. Elkins age 30
Secretary of War - United States
Lyman J. Gage age 35
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Harcourt age 44
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
George W. McCrary age 36
Secretary of War - United States
Charles Devens age 52
Attorney General - United States
Edwards Pierrepont age 55
Attorney General - United States
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn age 34
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Adams Richardson age 50
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh Childers age 44
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Benjamin H. Brewster age 55
Attorney General - United States
Daniel S. Lamont age 21
Secretary of War - United States
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross age 49
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Robert Lowe age 60
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Wayne MacVeagh age 39
Attorney General - United States
William H. H. Miller age 31
Attorney General - United States
John W. Griggs age 22
Attorney General - United States
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley age 29
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
George Ward Hunt age 46
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff age 46
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Edwin F. Uhl age 30
Secretary of State - United States
William F. Wharton age 24
Secretary of State - United States
Arthur Balfour age 23
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce age 34
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Edward Douglass White age 26
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava age 45
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Bright age 60
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland age 53
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 68
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook age 57
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet age 33
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley age 46
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee age 33
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby age 41
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford age 43
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth age 22
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin age 31
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton age 46
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth age 27
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage age 32
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Thomas Edward Taylor age 61
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
William Howard Taft age 14
Solicitor General - Department of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt age 13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy - United States
Charles H. Allen age 24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy - United States