Skip to content

✦ History

Explore August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919

« 5 yrs » 5 yrs

Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924

Self-Strengthening Movement 1861 - 1895

Gilded Age 1870 - 1900

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 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

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

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

War of the Golden Stool 1900-03 - 1900-09-30

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

Herero and Nama genocide 1904 - 1908

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

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

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

Maji Maji Rebellion 1905-07 - 1907-08

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

Bosnian Crisis 1908-10-06 - 1909-03-31

South Africa Act 1909 1910-05-31

Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 1910-08-22

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

Second Balkan War 1913-06-29 - 1913-08-10

Battle of Bregalnica 1913-06-30 - 1913-07-09

Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas 1913-07-02 - 1913-07-04

Battle of Kresna Gorge 1913-07-21 - 1913-07-31

July Crisis 1914-06-28 - 1914-08-06

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 1914-06-28

World War I 1914-07-28 - 1918-11-11

Serbian campaign of World War I 1914-07-28 - 1915-11-24

East African campaign (World War I) 1914-08-03 - 1918-11-25

Battle of Liège 1914-08-05 - 1914-08-16

Battle of Lorraine 1914-08-14 - 1914-09-07

Opening of the Panama Canal 1914-08-15

Battle of Gumbinnen 1914-08-20 - 1914-08-20

Battle of the Ardennes 1914-08-21 - 1914-08-23

Battle of Charleroi 1914-08-21 - 1914-08-23

Battle of Galicia 1914-08-23 - 1914-09-11

Battle of Mons 1914-08-23 - 1914-08-23

Battle of Tannenberg 1914-08-26 - 1914-08-30

Battle of Le Cateau 1914-08-26 - 1914-08-26

Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) 1914-08-28 - 1914-08-28

Battle of Guise 1914-08-29 - 1914-08-30

First Battle of the Marne 1914-09-05 - 1914-09-12

First Battle of the Masurian Lakes 1914-09-07 - 1914-09-14

First Battle of the Aisne 1914-09-13 - 1914-09-28

Siege of Przemyśl 1914-09-16 - 1915-03-22

Siege of Antwerp (1914) 1914-09-28 - 1914-10-10

Battle of the Yser 1914-10-16 - 1914-10-31

First Battle of Ypres 1914-10-19 - 1914-11-22

Battle of Tanga 1914-11-02 - 1914-11-05

Caucasus campaign 1914-11-02 - 1918-10-30

Battle of Łódź (1914) 1914-11-11 - 1914-12-06

Battle of Sarikamish 1914-12-22 - 1915-01-17

Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) 1915-01-24 - 1915-01-24

Gallipoli campaign 1915-02-19 - 1916-01-09

Battle of Neuve Chapelle 1915-03-10 - 1915-03-13

Second Battle of Ypres 1915-04-22 - 1915-05-25

Armenian genocide 1915-04-24 - 1917

Landing at Anzac Cove 1915-04-25 - 1915-05-03

Landing at Cape Helles 1915-04-25 - 1915-04-26

Gorlice–Tarnów offensive 1915-05-02 - 1915-06-22

Sinking of the RMS Lusitania 1915-05-07

First Battle of the Isonzo 1915-06-23 - 1915-07-07

Battle of Sari Bair 1915-08-06 - 1915-08-21

Landing at Suvla Bay 1915-08-06 - 1915-08-15

Third Battle of Artois 1915-09-25 - 1915-11-04

Second Battle of Champagne 1915-09-25 - 1915-11-06

Macedonian front 1915-10-21 - 1918-09-30

Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) 1915-11-22 - 1915-11-25

General relativity 1915-11-25

Siege of Kut 1915-12-07 - 1916-04-29

National Protection War 1915-12-25 - 1916-07-14

Erzurum offensive 1916-01-10 - 1916-02-16

Battle of Verdun 1916-02-21 - 1916-12-18

Lake Naroch offensive 1916-03-18 - 1916-04-14

Easter Rising 1916-04-24 - 1916-04-29

Battle of Asiago 1916-05-15 - 1916-06-10

Sykes–Picot Agreement 1916-05-16

Battle of Jutland 1916-05-31 - 1916-06-01

Brusilov Offensive 1916-06-04 - 1916-09-20

Arab Revolt 1916-06-10 - 1918-10-25

Battle of the Somme 1916-07-01 - 1916-11-18

Battle of Erzincan 1916-07-02 - 1916-07-25

Battle of Romani 1916-08-03 - 1916-08-05

Battle of Gorizia (1916) 1916-08-06 - 1916-08-17

Battle of Bucharest 1916-11-25 - 1916-12-03

Assassination of Grigori Rasputin 1916-12-30 - 1916-12-30

Zimmermann Telegram 1917-01-16 - 1917-03-01

Russian Revolution 1917-03-08 - 1923-06-16

February Revolution 1917-03-08 - 1917-03-16

First Battle of Gaza 1917-03-26 - 1917-03-26

Battle of Vimy Ridge 1917-04-09 - 1917-04-12

Battle of Arras (1917) 1917-04-09 - 1917-05-16

Nivelle offensive 1917-04-16 - 1917-05-09

Battle of Messines (1917) 1917-06-07 - 1917-06-14

Kerensky offensive 1917-07-01 - 1917-07-19

Battle of Aqaba 1917-07-06 - 1917-07-06

Battle of Passchendaele 1917-07-31 - 1917-11-10

Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo 1917-08-18 - 1917-09-12

Riga offensive (1917) 1917-09-01 - 1917-09-03

Kornilov affair 1917-09-10 - 1917-09-13

Battle of Caporetto 1917-10-24 - 1917-11-19

Battle of Beersheba (1917) 1917-10-31 - 1917-10-31

Third Battle of Gaza 1917-11-01 - 1917-11-02

Balfour Declaration 1917-11-02 - 1917-11-02

October Revolution 1917-11-07 - 1917-11-08

Russian Civil War 1917-11-07 - 1923-06-16

Battle of Jerusalem (1917) 1917-11-17 - 1917-12-30

Battle of Cambrai (1917) 1917-11-20 - 1917-12-07

Dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly 1918-01-19 - 1918-01-19

Representation of the People Act 1918 1918-02-06

Ice March 1918-02-22 - 1918-05-13

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918-03-03 - 1918-03-03

Spanish flu 1918-03-04 - 1920-04-30

Operation Michael 1918-03-21 - 1918-04-05

Battle of the Lys (1918) 1918-04-09 - 1918-04-29

Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion 1918-05-14 - 1918-09-10

Third Battle of the Aisne 1918-05-27 - 1918-06-06

Battle of Cantigny 1918-05-28 - 1918-05-28

Battle of Belleau Wood 1918-06-01 - 1918-06-26

Second Battle of the Piave River 1918-06-15 - 1918-06-23

Battle of Tsaritsyn 1918-07-01 - 1920-01-01

Second Battle of the Marne 1918-07-15 - 1918-08-06

Execution of the Romanov family 1918-07-17 - 1918-07-17

Hundred Days Offensive 1918-08-08 - 1918-11-11

Battle of Amiens (1918) 1918-08-08 - 1918-08-12

Battle of Saint-Mihiel 1918-09-12 - 1918-09-15

Vardar offensive 1918-09-15 - 1918-09-29

Battle of Megiddo (1918) 1918-09-19 - 1918-09-25

Meuse–Argonne offensive 1918-09-26 - 1918-11-11

Battle of the St Quentin Canal 1918-09-29 - 1918-10-02

Battle of Sharqat 1918-10-23 - 1918-10-30

Battle of Vittorio Veneto 1918-10-24 - 1918-11-03

German Revolution 1918-10-29 - 1919-08-11

Polish–Ukrainian War 1918-11-01 - 1919-07-18

Armistice of 11 November 1918 1918-11-11

Biennio Rosso 1919 - 1920

Spartacist uprising 1919-01-05 - 1919-01-12

Irish War of Independence 1919-01-21 - 1921-07-11

Polish–Soviet War 1919-02-14 - 1921-03-18

March 1st Movement 1919-03-01

People

Bettino Ricasoli age 70

Luigi Facta age 17

Eurico Gaspar Dutra born 1883-05-18

Tadamichi Kuribayashi born 1891-07-07

Chen Duxiu born 1879-10-08

Georgy Gapon age 9

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck age 9

Kurt Student born 1890-05-12

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg born 1887-10-24

Carrie Chapman Catt age 20

Dadabhai Naoroji age 53

Souphanouvong born 1909-07-13

S. M. Bruce born 1883-04-15

John Gorton born 1911-09-09

Richard Bedford Bennett age 9

José Figueres Ferrer born 1906-09-25

Anastasio Somoza García born 1896-02-01

Diori Hamani born 1916-06-06

Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski born 1895-06-01

Tanaka Giichi age 15

Tanzan Ishibashi born 1884-09-25

Michel Debré born 1912-01-15

Jacques Chaban-Delmas born 1915-03-07

Washington Luís age 9

Claude Auchinleck born 1884-06-21

Maximilian von Weichs born 1881-11-12

Wilhelm List born 1880-05-14

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia age 22

Francis II of the Two Sicilies age 43

Thomas Andrews age 6

Johannes Blaskowitz born 1883-07-10

Frederica of Hanover born 1917-04-18

Marie Henriette of Austria age 42

Kim Jong-suk born 1917-12-24

Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha age 35

Louise Mountbatten born 1889-07-13

Michael Hainisch age 20

Víctor Paz Estenssoro born 1907-10-02

Barthélemy Boganda born 1910-04-04

Mario Scelba born 1901-09-05

William Tubman born 1895-11-29

William Richard Tolbert born 1913-05-13

Khawaja Nazimuddin born 1894-07-19

Wellington Koo born 1888-01-29

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga born 1918-07-04

Juan Velasco Alvarado born 1910-06-16

Carlos P. Garcia born 1896-11-04

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike born 1899-01-08

Nobuyuki Abe age 3

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni born 1887-12-03

Tetsu Katayama born 1887-07-28

Hitoshi Ashida born 1887-11-15

Pierre Messmer born 1916-03-20

Artur Bernardes age 4

Avery Brundage born 1887-09-28

Karl Rahner born 1904-03-05

Paul Tibbets born 1915-02-23

Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born 1879-12-24

Felix Yusupov born 1887-03-23

Mikhail Skobelev age 35

Princess Margaret of Connaught born 1882-01-15

Prince George, Duke of Kent born 1902-12-20

Maria of Yugoslavia born 1900-01-06

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland born 1915-08-30

Robert H. Jackson born 1892-02-13

Edmund Muskie born 1914-03-28

Fan S. Noli born 1882-01-06

James Scullin age 2

Arthur Fadden born 1894-04-13

Ben Chifley born 1885-09-22

Joseph Lyons born 1879-09-15

Adolf Schärf born 1890-04-20

Theodor Körner age 6

Joaquín Balaguer born 1906-09-01

Giuseppe Pella born 1902-04-18

Fernando Tambroni born 1901-11-25

Kazys Grinius age 12

Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal born 1916-09-17

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa born 1912-01-01

Óscar Carmona age 9

António de Spínola born 1910-04-11

Yusof bin Ishak born 1910-08-12

Juan Negrín born 1892-02-03

Hugo Sperrle born 1885-02-07

Katō Takaaki age 19

Saitō Makoto age 20

Kantarō Suzuki age 11

Maurice Couve de Murville born 1907-01-24

Francesco Saverio Nitti age 11

Dwight F. Davis age 1 month

Mark W. Clark born 1896-05-01

B. J. Vorster born 1915-12-13

Epitácio Pessoa age 14

Emílio Garrastazu Médici born 1905-12-04

Walter Hallstein born 1901-11-17

Wolfram von Richthofen born 1895-10-10

Paul Hausser born 1880-10-07

Emilio Mola born 1887-06-09

Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach age 67

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia age 4

Reinhard Scheer age 15

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse age 11

Helen of Greece and Denmark born 1896-05-02

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn age 29

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria age 46

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium age 15

Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein born 1906-08-16

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll age 31

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale age 15

Louise, Princess Royal age 12

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood born 1897-04-25

Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark born 1906-12-13

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester born 1900-03-31

Jorge Alessandri born 1896-05-19

Arturo Alessandri age 10

Saad Zaghloul age 22

Väinö Tanner born 1881-03-12

Erskine Hamilton Childers born 1905-12-11

Aleksandras Stulginskis born 1885-02-26

Dom Mintoff born 1916-08-06

Adolfo de la Huerta born 1881-05-26

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines born 1890-12-30

Muhammad Ali Bogra born 1909-10-19

Sarit Thanarat born 1908-06-16

Takahashi Korekiyo age 25

D. F. Malan age 5

Café Filho born 1899-02-03

Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay born 1887-06-21

Félix Gouin born 1884-10-04

Louis-Jules Trochu age 64

Marinus van der Lubbe born 1909-01-13

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny born 1889-02-02

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby age 18

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia age 51

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia age 22

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia age 25

Kōki Hirota age 1

John Connally born 1917-02-27

Mehmet Shehu born 1913-01-10

Aimo Cajander age 4 months

Louis II, Prince of Monaco age 9

John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe age 19

Said bin Taimur Al Said born 1910-08-13

Petru Groza born 1884-12-07

Johan Ferrier born 1910-05-12

Zhang Zuolin age 4

Władysław Raczkiewicz born 1885-01-23

Junius Richard Jayewardene born 1906-09-17

James Longstreet age 58

Vasily Chapayev born 1887-02-09

Ye Jianying born 1897-04-28

Artur da Costa e Silva born 1899-10-03

J. Sigfrid Edström age 8

Karl Hermann Frank born 1898-01-24

Gotthard Heinrici born 1886-12-25

Alexei Kuropatkin age 31

Princess Charlotte of Prussia age 19

Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom age 11

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten born 1906-04-22

Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha born 1908-01-18

Mihail Kogălniceanu age 61

Kiichirō Hiranuma age 11

Souvanna Phouma born 1901-10-07

Jigme Wangchuck born 1905-01-01

Konstantinos Tsatsos born 1899-07-13

Bjarni Benediktsson born 1908-04-30

Thorvald Stauning age 5

Jens Otto Krag born 1914-09-15

Trygve Bratteli born 1910-01-11

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy born 1892-09-08

Chivu Stoica born 1908-08-08

Wee Kim Wee born 1915-11-04

Ali Fethi Okyar born 1880-04-29

Phạm Văn Đồng born 1906-03-01

Stanisław Wojciechowski age 10

Carlos Arias Navarro born 1908-12-11

Trường Chinh born 1907-02-09

P. G. T. Beauregard age 61

Katō Tomosaburō age 18

Luigi Federico Menabrea age 69

Dương Văn Minh born 1916-02-16

Stafford Cripps born 1889-04-24

Emilio Castelar age 46

Henry Morgenthau Jr. born 1891-05-11

Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli age 23

Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta age 10

Paul von Rennenkampf age 25

J. Bruce Ismay age 16

William Halsey Jr. born 1882-10-30

Charles I of Württemberg age 56

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia born 1892-09-13

Archduchess Gisela of Austria age 23

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany age 26

Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha age 2

Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta born 1900-03-09

W. Averell Harriman born 1891-11-15

Thomas E. Dewey born 1902-03-24

Midhat Pasha age 56

Pedro Eugenio Aramburu born 1903-05-21

Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin born 1917-01-16

« Prev Page 10 Next »