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Events

California Gold Rush 1848-01-24 - 1855-12-31

Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26

Taiping Rebellion 1850-12-01 - 1864-08-30

Nian Rebellion 1851-01-01 - 1868-12-31

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

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

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 1861-01-01 - 1895-12-31

Emancipation reform of 1861 1861-03-03

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

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

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

Reconstruction era 1865-04-09 - 1877-01-20

Battle of Appomattox Court House 1865-04-09

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 Langensalza (1866) 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27

Battle of Trautenau 1866-06-27 - 1866-06-27

Battle of Náchod 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

Alaska Purchase 1867-03-30

Meiji Restoration 1868-01-03

Boshin War 1868-01-27 - 1869-06-27

Opening of the Suez Canal 1869-11-17

Gilded Age 1870-01-01 - 1900-12-31

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

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

Scramble for Africa 1881 - 1914

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

Meiji Constitution 1889-02-11

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 Guangzhou Uprising 1895-10-26

Progressive era 1896-01-01 - 1916-12-31

Battle of Adwa 1896-03-01

1896 Summer Olympics 1896-04-06 - 1896-04-15

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

Siege of Ladysmith 1899-11-02 - 1900-02-28

Battle of Tirad Pass 1899-12-02 - 1899-12-02

Battle of Magersfontein 1899-12-11 - 1899-12-11

Second Battle of Colenso 1899-12-15 - 1899-12-15

Battle of Spion Kop 1900-01-23 - 1900-01-24

Battle of Paardeberg 1900-02-18 - 1900-02-27

Seymour Expedition 1900-06-10 - 1900-06-26

Battle of Diamond Hill 1900-06-11 - 1900-06-12

Battle of the Taku Forts (1900) 1900-06-16 - 1900-06-17

Siege of the International Legations 1900-06-20 - 1900-08-14

Battle of Tientsin 1900-07-13 - 1900-07-14

Battle of Peking (1900) 1900-08-14 - 1900-08-15

Battle of Bergendal 1900-08-21 - 1900-08-27

Huizhou Uprising 1900-10-08 - 1900-11-08

Federation of Australia 1901-01-01

Balangiga massacre 1901-09-28 - 1901-09-28

First flight of the Wright Flyer 1903-12-17

Battle of Port Arthur 1904-02-08 - 1904-02-09

Russo-Japanese War 1904-02-08 - 1905-09-05

Battle of the Yalu River 1904-04-30 - 1904-05-01

Battle of Nanshan 1904-05-24 - 1904-05-26

Battle of Te-li-ssu 1904-06-14 - 1904-06-15

Battle of Tashihchiao 1904-07-24 - 1904-07-25

Siege of Port Arthur 1904-08-01 - 1905-01-02

Battle of the Yellow Sea 1904-08-10 - 1904-08-10

Battle off Ulsan 1904-08-14 - 1904-08-14

Battle of Liaoyang 1904-08-25 - 1904-09-05

Battle of Shaho 1904-10-05 - 1904-10-17

Einstein's annus mirabilis papers 1905

Russian Revolution of 1905 1905-01-22 - 1907-06-16

Bloody Sunday 1905-01-22 - 1905-01-22

Battle of Sandepu 1905-01-25 - 1905-01-29

Battle of Mukden 1905-02-20 - 1905-03-10

Battle of Tsushima 1905-05-27 - 1905-05-28

Treaty of Portsmouth 1905-09-05

Partition of Bengal 1905-10-16 - 1911-12-12

1906 San Francisco earthquake 1906-04-18

People

Guillermo Billinghurst age 1

Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen born 1873-08-04

Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas born 1860-09-05

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon born 1866-09-12

Orville Wright born 1871-08-19

Brock Chisholm born 1896-05-18

Edward Carson born 1854-02-09

John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon born 1873-02-28

Leo Amery born 1873-11-22

Otto Hofmann born 1896-03-16

William J. Brennan Jr. born 1906-04-25

Heinrich Lammasch born 1853-05-21

Charles de Broqueville born 1860-12-04

Joseph Pholien born 1884-12-28

Emiliano Figueroa born 1866-07-12

Otto Tief born 1889-08-14

Antti Hackzell born 1881-09-20

Rainer von Fieandt born 1890-12-26

Stefanos Stefanopoulos born 1898-07-03

Alexandros Diomidis born 1875-12-22

Ioannis Rallis born 1878-01-01

Stylianos Gonatas born 1876-08-15

Dumarsais Estimé born 1900-04-21

Sigurður Eggerz born 1875-03-01

Vilhelm Buhl born 1881-10-16

Justas Paleckis born 1899-01-22

Enrico Mizzi born 1885-09-20

Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt born 1900-08-10

Michael Joseph Savage born 1872-03-23

Juan Bautista Sacasa born 1874-12-21

Wollert Konow age 7

Christopher Hornsrud born 1859-11-15

Faisal bin Turki Al Busaidi born 1864-06-08

Constantin Sănătescu born 1885-01-14

Alexander Trepov born 1862-09-30

Max Petitpierre born 1899-02-26

Subhi Bey Barakat born 1889-01-01

Zhang Qun born 1889-05-09

Şemsettin Günaltay born 1883-07-17

Ferit Melen born 1906-11-02

Feliciano Viera born 1872-01-01

Óscar Diego Gestido born 1901-11-28

Jędrzej Moraczewski born 1870-01-13

Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski born 1885-06-09

José Patricio Guggiari born 1884-03-17

Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias born 1874-09-12

Yasuji Okamura born 1884-05-15

John J. McCloy born 1895-03-31

Frank Murphy born 1890-04-13

Joseph Grew born 1880-05-27

Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood born 1880-02-24

Petar Živković born 1879-01-01

Richard Rush age 72

Thomas Ewing age 63

Herbert Morrison born 1888-01-03

Arturo Rawson born 1885-06-04

Hovhannes Katchaznouni born 1868-02-14

Abdus Sattar born 1906-03-01

Henri Jaspar born 1870-07-28

Bautista Saavedra born 1870-08-30

Hernando Siles Reyes born 1882-08-05

Germán Busch born 1903-03-23

Aleksandar Malinov born 1867-05-03

Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso born 1861-02-21

Anselmo Alliegro y Milá born 1899-03-16

Isidro Ayora born 1879-09-02

Petros Protopapadakis born 1859-12-31

Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos age 1

Stefanos Dragoumis age 11

Alexandros Papanastasiou born 1876-07-08

Emil Jónsson born 1902-10-27

Steingrímur Steinþórsson born 1893-02-12

Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson born 1894-07-20

Theo Heemskerk age 8 months

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck born 1873-12-01

Mubarak Al-Sabah age 15

Pierre Dupong born 1885-01-11

Adolfo Díaz born 1875-07-15

Ivar Lykke born 1872-01-09

Jens Bratlie born 1856-01-17

Abraham Berge age 1

Nicolae Rădescu born 1874-03-30

Philipp Etter born 1891-12-21

Refik Saydam born 1881-09-08

Alfredo Baldomir born 1884-08-27

Juan José de Amézaga born 1881-01-28

Alberto Demicheli born 1896-08-07

Isaías Medina Angarita born 1897-07-06

Higinio Morínigo born 1897-01-11

Eligio Ayala born 1879-12-04

José Sánchez Guerra born 1859-06-28

Manuel Portela Valladares born 1867-01-31

Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford born 1868-08-12

Nie Rongzhen born 1899-12-29

Clark Clifford born 1906-12-25

Robert A. Lovett born 1895-09-14

Fejzi Alizoti born 1874-09-22

Turhan Përmeti age 6

Mehdi Frashëri born 1872-02-28

Simon Vratsian born 1882-03-24

Alexander Khatisian born 1874-02-17

Carl Vaugoin born 1873-07-08

Frans Schollaert age 1

Paul-Émile Janson born 1872-05-30

Mamerto Urriolagoitía born 1895-12-05

Ivan Evstratiev Geshov age 4

Penn Nouth born 1906-04-01

Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez born 1858-09-18

Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados born 1868-11-21

Miguel Mariano Gómez born 1889-10-06

Carlos Arroyo born 1893-11-27

Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno born 1859-09-28

Urho Castrén born 1886-12-30

Andreas Michalakopoulos born 1875-05-17

Stefanos Skouloudis age 14

Panagis Tsaldaris born 1868-03-17

Sándor Simonyi-Semadam born 1864-03-23

Lajos Dinnyés born 1901-04-16

Dénes Berinkey born 1871-10-17

Björn Þórðarson born 1879-02-06

Otto Liebe born 1860-05-24

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg age 13

Pieter Cort van der Linden age 6

Paul Boffa born 1890-06-30

Mohammed Ben Aarafa born 1886-01-01

Peter Fraser born 1884-07-30

João Pinheiro Chagas born 1863-09-01

António Maria da Silva born 1872-05-26

Constantin Angelescu born 1869-06-04

Josip Vidmar born 1895-10-14

Marcel Pilet-Golaz born 1889-12-31

Edmund Schulthess born 1868-03-02

Sami al-Henaaui born 1898-01-01

Sadi Irmak born 1904-05-15

Andrés Martínez Trueba born 1884-02-11

Luis Batlle Berres Pérez born 1897-11-26

Walery Sławek born 1879-11-02

Harmodio Arias Madrid born 1886-07-03

Manuel Gondra born 1872-01-01

Natalicio González born 1897-09-08

Rafael Franco born 1896-10-22

Eduardo Schaerer born 1873-12-02

Gustavo Jiménez born 1886-04-05

Lee Beom-seok born 1900-10-20

Xu Xiangqian born 1901-11-08

Seán Lester born 1888-09-28

Victorino Márquez Bustillos born 1858-11-02

Lyman Lemnitzer born 1899-08-29

Thomas Corwin age 58

John J. Crittenden age 65

Ibrahim Biçakçiu born 1905-09-10

Walter Breisky born 1871-07-08

José Luis Tejada Sorzano born 1882-01-12

David Toro born 1898-06-24

Teodor Teodorov born 1859-03-26

Miguel Abadía Méndez born 1867-07-05

Marco Fidel Suárez born 1855-04-23

Teodoro Picado Michalski born 1900-01-10

Carlos Manuel Piedra born 1895-01-01

Nii Amaa Ollennu born 1906-05-21

Dimitrios Maximos born 1873-07-06

Konstantinos Kollias born 1901-01-01

Panagiotis Pipinelis born 1899-03-21

José María Orellana born 1872-07-11

Juan Manuel Gálvez born 1887-06-10

László Lukács age 2

Magnús Guðmundsson born 1879-02-06

Ali Sastroamidjojo born 1903-05-21

Augusts Kirhenšteins born 1872-09-18

Émile Eddé born 1883-05-05

Sao Shwe Thaik born 1896-10-16

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas born 1871-05-11

José María Moncada born 1870-12-08

Adelino da Palma Carlos born 1905-03-03

Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani born 1855-01-01

Ion Gigurtu born 1886-06-24

Östen Undén born 1886-08-25

Albert Meyer born 1870-03-13

Johannes Baumann born 1874-11-27

Jamil Mardam Bey born 1893-01-01

Hasan Saka born 1885-01-01

Tomás Berreta born 1875-11-02

Tomás Romero Pereira born 1886-10-04

José Pedro Montero born 1878-08-01

Liberato Marcial Rojas born 1870-08-17

Luis Alberto Riart born 1880-07-21

Emiliano González Navero born 1861-06-16

Ricardo Pérez Godoy born 1905-06-09

Joaquín Chapaprieta born 1871-10-25

Joaquín Sánchez de Toca Calvo age 6 months

Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar born 1856-08-24

Ricardo Samper Ibáñez born 1881-08-25

John C. Pemberton age 38

Franz Sigel age 28

Daniel Harvey Hill age 31

David Dixon Porter age 39

Fawzi al-Qawuqji born 1890-01-19

John Bell (Tennessee politician) age 57

John Canfield Spencer age 65

Newton D. Baker born 1871-12-03

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