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Events

Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895
Gilded Age 1870 - 1900
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 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 San Juan Hill 1898-07-01 - 1898-07-01
Battle of El Caney 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
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
Zhennanguan Uprising 1907-12-01
Young Turk Revolution 1908-07-03 - 1908-07-24
Ford Model T 1908-10-01
South Africa Act 1909 1910-05-31
Mexican Revolution 1910-11-20 - 1920-12-01
Second Guangzhou Uprising 1911-04-27
Wuchang Uprising 1911-10-10 - 1911-12-01
Xinhai Revolution 1911-10-10 - 1912-02-12
Republic of China proclaimed 1912-01-01
Sinking of the Titanic 1912-04-14 - 1912-04-15
First Balkan War 1912-10-08 - 1913-05-30
Battle of Kirk Kilisse 1912-10-22 - 1912-10-24
Battle of Sarantaporo 1912-10-22 - 1912-10-23
Battle of Kumanovo 1912-10-23 - 1912-10-24
Siege of Scutari (1912–1913) 1912-10-28 - 1913-04-23
Battle of Lule Burgas 1912-10-28 - 1912-11-02
Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913) 1912-11-03 - 1913-03-26
Battle of Prilep 1912-11-03 - 1912-11-05
Battle of Monastir 1912-11-16 - 1912-11-19
First Battle of Çatalca 1912-11-17 - 1912-11-18
Battle of Elli 1912-12-16 - 1912-12-16
Battle of Bizani 1913-03-04 - 1913-03-06

People

Theodore Roosevelt age 19
President - United States
Woodrow Wilson age 21
President - United States
Queen Victoria age 59
Queen - United Kingdom
Sun Yat-sen age 11
Provisional President - Republic of China
James A. Garfield age 46
President - United States
William Howard Taft age 20
President - United States
Grover Cleveland age 41
President - United States
William McKinley age 35
President - United States
Rutherford B. Hayes age 55
President - United States
Benjamin Harrison age 44
President - United States
Chester A. Arthur age 48
President - United States
Wilhelm II age 19
Emperor - German Empire
George V age 13
King - United Kingdom
Edward VII age 36
King - United Kingdom
Alexander II of Russia age 60
Emperor - Russian Empire
Abdul Hamid II age 35
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Alexander III of Russia age 33
Emperor - Russian Empire
Leopold II of Belgium age 43
King - Belgium
Emperor Meiji age 25
Emperor - Japan
Wilhelm I age 81
Emperor - German Empire
Puyi born 1906-02-07
Emperor - Imperial China
Porfirio Díaz age 47
President - Mexico
Pedro II of Brazil age 52
Emperor - Brazil
Raymond Poincaré age 17
President - France
Patrice de MacMahon age 70
President - France
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy age 8
King - Italy
Frederick III, German Emperor age 46
Emperor - German Empire
Umberto I of Italy age 34
King - Italy
Emperor Taishō born 1879-08-31
Emperor - Japan
Mehmed V age 33
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Albert I of Belgium age 3
King - Belgium
Francisco I. Madero age 4
President - Mexico
Yuan Shikai age 18
President - Republic of China
Armand Fallières age 36
President - France
Jules Grévy age 70
President - France
Sadi Carnot (statesman) age 40
President - France
Deodoro da Fonseca age 50
President - Brazil
Guangxu Emperor age 6
Emperor - Imperial China
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar age 46
Shah - Iran
Félix Faure age 37
President - France
Émile Loubet age 39
President - France
Menelik II age 33
Emperor - Ethiopia
Jean Casimir-Perier age 30
President - France
Abbas II of Egypt age 3
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Ahmad Shah Qajar born 1898-01-21
Shah - Iran
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar age 6
Shah - Iran
Gojong of the Korean Empire age 25
King - Joseon
Floriano Peixoto age 39
President - Brazil
Victoriano Huerta age 27
President - Mexico
Prudente de Morais age 36
President - Brazil
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar age 25
Shah - Iran
Nilo Peçanha age 10
President - Brazil
Rodrigues Alves age 29
President - Brazil
Afonso Pena age 30
President - Brazil
Pedro Lascuráin age 22
President - Mexico
Sunjong of the Korean Empire age 4
Emperor - Korean Empire
Campos Sales age 37
President - Brazil
Tewfik Pasha age 25
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Hermes da Fonseca age 23
President - Brazil
Tomás Estrada Palma age 42
President - Cuba
Yohannes IV age 40
Emperor - Ethiopia
Charles Dupuy age 26
President - France
Francisco León de la Barra age 15
President - Mexico
Manuel González age 45
President - Mexico
José Miguel Gómez age 19
President - Cuba
Mario García Menocal age 11
President - Cuba
Manuel Estrada Cabrera age 18
President - Guatemala
Nicholas II of Russia age 10
Emperor - Russian Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 47
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Isma'il Pasha age 47
Khedive - Khedivate of Egypt
Otto von Bismarck age 63
Chancellor - German Empire
Benjamin Disraeli age 73
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Pierre de Coubertin age 15
President - International Olympic Committee
Georges Clemenceau age 36
Prime Minister - France
William Ewart Gladstone age 68
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Arthur Balfour age 29
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
H. H. Asquith age 25
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Itō Hirobumi age 36
Prime Minister - Japan
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury age 48
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg age 21
Chancellor - German Empire
Bernhard von Bülow age 29
Chancellor - German Empire
Henry Campbell-Bannerman age 41
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Ōkuma Shigenobu age 40
Prime Minister - Japan
Leo von Caprivi age 47
Chancellor - German Empire
Katsura Tarō age 30
Prime Minister - Japan
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery age 31
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Giovanni Giolitti age 35
Prime Minister - Italy
Yamagata Aritomo age 40
Prime Minister - Japan
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst age 59
Chancellor - German Empire
Demetrios Vikelas age 43
President - International Olympic Committee
Francesco Crispi age 59
Prime Minister - Italy
Matsukata Masayoshi age 43
Prime Minister - Japan
Kuroda Kiyotaka age 37
Prime Minister - Japan
Saionji Kinmochi age 28
Prime Minister - Japan
Agostino Depretis age 65
Prime Minister - Italy
Sidney Sonnino age 31
Prime Minister - Italy
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe age 25
Prime Minister - Japan
Giuseppe Zanardelli age 51
Prime Minister - Italy
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì age 39
Prime Minister - Italy
Luigi Luzzatti age 37
Prime Minister - Italy
Giuseppe Saracco age 56
Prime Minister - Italy
Alessandro Fortis age 35
Prime Minister - Italy
Louis Botha age 15
Prime Minister - South Africa
Tommaso Tittoni age 22
Prime Minister - Italy
Benedetto Cairoli age 53
Prime Minister - Italy
Sanjō Sanetomi age 41
Prime Minister - Japan
Luigi Pelloux age 39
Prime Minister - Italy
Nubar Pasha age 53
Prime Minister - Egypt
Boutros Ghali age 32
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mahmoud Sami Elbaroudi age 38
Prime Minister - Egypt
Mohamed Sherif Pasha age 52
Prime Minister - Egypt
Botho zu Eulenburg age 46
Minister-President - Kingdom of Prussia
Mustafa Fahmi Paşa age 38
Prime Minister - Egypt
Riyad Pasha age 44
Prime Minister - Egypt
Raghib Pasha age 58
Prime Minister - Egypt
Muhammad Said Pasha age 15
Prime Minister - Egypt
Edward Douglass White age 32
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Melville Fuller age 45
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Morrison Waite age 61
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Thomas R. Marshall age 24
Vice President - United States
Charles W. Fairbanks age 26
Vice President - United States
Garret Hobart age 34
Vice President - United States
Levi P. Morton age 54
Vice President - United States
William A. Wheeler age 59
Vice President - United States
Thomas A. Hendricks age 58
Vice President - United States
James S. Sherman age 22
Vice President - United States
Adlai Stevenson I age 42
Vice President - United States
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha age 45
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Halil Rifat Pasha age 51
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Vefik Pasha age 55
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Saffet Pasha age 64
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Arifi Pasha age 48
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Pasha age 40
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kadri Pasha age 46
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Kâmil Pasha age 46
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha age 23
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha age 33
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Hakkı Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mahmud Shevket Pasha age 22
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Said Halim Pasha age 14
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Deng Xiaoping born 1904-08-22
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
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
Chen Yi born 1901-08-26
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
Nie Rongzhen born 1899-12-29
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
Winston Churchill age 3
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
David Lloyd George age 15
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Elihu Root age 33
Secretary of State - United States
William Jennings Bryan age 18
Secretary of State - United States
Joseph Chamberlain age 41
Secretary of State for the Colonies - United Kingdom
Henry L. Stimson age 10
Secretary of War - United States
James G. Blaine age 48
Secretary of State - United States
John Hay age 39
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Todd Lincoln age 34
Secretary of War - United States
John Sherman age 55
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne age 33
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
William M. Evarts age 60
Secretary of State - United States
Thomas F. Bayard age 49
Secretary of State - United States
John W. Foster age 42
Secretary of State - United States
Walter Q. Gresham age 46
Secretary of State - United States
William R. Day age 29
Secretary of State - United States
Leonard Wood age 17
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby age 37
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen age 60
Secretary of State - United States
Richard Olney age 42
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Bacon age 17
Secretary of State - United States
Philander C. Knox age 25
Secretary of State - United States
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon age 50
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Charles Joseph Bonaparte age 27
Attorney General - United States
William Gibbs McAdoo age 14
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Windom age 51
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh McCulloch age 69
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Reginald McKenna age 14
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane age 21
Secretary of State for War - United Kingdom
Alexander Ramsey age 62
Secretary of War - United States
Russell A. Alger age 42
Secretary of War - United States
George B. Cortelyou age 15
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles Foster age 50
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John G. Carlisle age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook age 52
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Adna Chaffee age 36
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Charles J. Folger age 60
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Charles S. Fairchild age 36
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Lord George Hamilton age 32
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Joseph McKenna age 34
Attorney General - United States
Redfield Proctor age 47
Secretary of War - United States
Lindley Miller Garrison age 13
Secretary of War - United States
Augustus H. Garland age 46
Attorney General - United States
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen age 46
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Judson Harmon age 32
Attorney General - United States
William Henry Moody age 24
Attorney General - United States
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh age 59
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
L. M. Shaw age 29
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Crowninshield Endicott age 51
Secretary of War - United States
Luke Edward Wright age 31
Secretary of War - United States