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Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924
Argentine Civil Wars 1814 - 1880
Seminole Wars 1816 - 1858
Texas–Indian wars 1820 - 1882
Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850
Canut revolts 1831 - 1848
Carlist Wars 1833 - 1876
Ragamuffin War 1835-09-20 - 1845-03-01
Second Seminole War 1835-12-23 - 1842-08-14
Kenesary's Rebellion 1837 - 1847
First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-03 - 1842-10
First Opium War 1839-09-04 - 1842-08-29
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1840–1845) 1841 - 1845

People

Queen Victoria age 22
Queen - United Kingdom
John Tyler age 51
President - United States
Nicholas I of Russia age 45
Emperor - Russian Empire
Louis Philippe I age 68
King of the French - France
Pedro II of Brazil age 16
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 51
King - Belgium
Abdülmecid I age 18
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Ferdinand I of Austria age 48
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Frederick William IV of Prussia age 46
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Antonio López de Santa Anna age 48
President - Mexico
Sam Houston age 48
President - Republic of Texas
Charles Albert age 43
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Daoguang Emperor age 59
Emperor - Imperial China
Mohammad Shah Qajar age 34
Shah - Iran
Emperor Ninkō age 41
Emperor - Japan
Heonjong of Joseon age 14
King - Joseon
Klemens von Metternich age 68
State Chancellor - Austrian Empire
Robert Peel age 54
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Roger B. Taney age 64
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha age 50
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Daniel Webster age 60
Secretary of State - United States
Winfield Scott age 55
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
John Canfield Spencer age 54
Secretary of War - United States
Walter Forward age 56
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Hugh S. Legaré age 45
Attorney General - United States
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet age 49
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Henry Goulburn age 57
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington age 61
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 49
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne age 62
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
James Buchanan age 50
Senate - United States
Franklin Pierce age 37
Senate - United States
John C. Calhoun age 59
Senate - United States
William R. King age 55
Senate - United States
Henry Clay age 64
Senate - United States
Levi Woodbury age 52
Senate - United States
John J. Crittenden age 54
Senate - United States
John M. Berrien age 60
Senate - United States
John Quincy Adams age 74
House of Representatives - United States
Millard Fillmore age 42
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Disraeli age 37
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington age 72
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 32
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 57
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John C. Breckinridge age 21
House of Representatives - United States
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 42
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 77
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Addington age 84
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
James G. Blaine age 12
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 35
House of Representatives - United States
Edward Everett age 47
House of Representatives - United States
John Sherman age 18
House of Representatives - United States
Albert Gallatin age 81
House of Representatives - United States
Benjamin Franklin Butler age 23
House of Representatives - United States
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin age 30
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Caleb Cushing age 42
House of Representatives - United States
George W. Campbell age 73
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Francis Thomas age 31
House of Representatives - United States
Howell Cobb age 26
House of Representatives - United States
William P. Fessenden age 35
House of Representatives - United States
Henry W. Slocum age 14
House of Representatives - United States
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch age 93
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Napier age 55
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Nathan Clifford age 38
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph Wheeler age 5
House of Representatives - United States
John Alexander McClernand age 29
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne age 61
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton age 43
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet age 69
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook age 45
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax age 41
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 42
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto age 59
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt age 40
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Henry Lowry-Corry age 38
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Duncan Lamont Clinch age 54
House of Representatives - United States
William H. Seward age 40
Governor of New York - United States
Thomas Corwin age 47
Governor of Ohio - United States
James C. Jones age 32
Governor of Tennessee - United States
William Pennington age 45
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Archibald Yell age 44
Governor of Arkansas - United States
Francis Thomas age 43
Governor of Maryland - United States
John Rutherfoord age 49
Governor of Virginia - United States
Samuel Bigger age 39
Governor of Indiana - United States
Martin Van Buren age 59
New York State Senate - United States
Henry Wilson age 30
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
William A. Wheeler age 22
New York State Senate - United States
Richard Olney age 6
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Nathaniel P. Banks age 26
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
George S. Boutwell age 24
Massachusetts House of Representatives - United States
Daniel Sickles age 22
New York State Senate - United States
Charles J. Folger age 23
New York State Senate - United States
Pope Gregory XVI age 76
Pope - Papal States
Charles XIV John age 79
King - Sweden
Isabella II age 11
Queen - Spain
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma age 50
Duchess - Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Bahadur Shah Zafar age 66
Mughal Emperor - Mughal Empire
Ludwig I of Bavaria age 55
King of Bavaria - Kingdom of Bavaria
William II of the Netherlands age 49
King - Netherlands
Christian VIII age 55
Monarch - Denmark
Ernest Augustus of Hanover age 70
King of Hanover - Kingdom of Hanover
Rama III age 53
King - Thailand
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies age 32
King of the Two Sicilies - Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony age 44
King of Saxony - Kingdom of Saxony
Leopold II of Tuscany age 44
Grand Duke of Tuscany - Grand Duchy of Tuscany
José Antonio Páez age 51
President - Venezuela
Juan José Flores age 41
President - Ecuador
Fructuoso Rivera age 57
President - Uruguay
Kamehameha III age 28
Monarch of Hawaii - Kingdom of Hawaii
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse age 64
Grand Duke of Hesse - Grand Duchy of Hesse
Tokugawa Ieyoshi age 48
Shōgun - Tokugawa shogunate
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden age 51
Grand Duke of Baden - Grand Duchy of Baden
Francis IV of Modena age 62
Duke of Modena - Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Jean-Pierre Boyer age 66
President - Haiti
Manuel Bulnes age 42
President - Chile
William II, Elector of Hesse age 64
Elector of Hesse - Electorate of Hesse
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg age 58
Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Oldenburg
José Ballivián age 36
President - Bolivia
Ghezo
King of Dahomey - Kingdom of Dahomey
Braulio Carrillo Colina age 41
President - Costa Rica
Francisco Ferrera age 48
President - Honduras
Pedro Alcántara Herrán age 41
President - Colombia
Kwaku Dua I age 45
Asantehene - Asante Empire
Abu Bakr Atiku age 60
Sultan of Sokoto - Sokoto Caliphate
Ssuuna II of Buganda age 22
Kabaka - Kingdom of Buganda
Nasir-ud-Daula age 47
Nizam of Hyderabad - Hyderabad State
Sher Singh age 34
Maharaja - Sikh Empire
Mpande age 44
King of the Zulu - Zulu Kingdom
Jean-Baptiste Nothomb age 36
Prime Minister - Belgium
Fateh Jung Shah age 37
Prime Minister - Nepal
William Hobson age 48
Governor-General - New Zealand
Abraham Lincoln age 33
Illinois House of Representatives
Karl Marx age 23
Leo Tolstoy age 13
Charles Darwin age 33
Fyodor Dostoevsky age 20
Charles Dickens age 30
Otto von Bismarck age 26
Louis Pasteur age 19
Richard Wagner age 28
Friedrich Engels age 21
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky age 1
Michael Faraday age 50
Dmitri Mendeleev age 8
Giuseppe Verdi age 28
Andrew Jackson age 74
James Clerk Maxwell age 10
Ulysses S. Grant age 19
Claude Monet age 1
Florence Nightingale age 21
James A. Garfield age 10
Grover Cleveland age 4
Andrew Johnson age 33
Zachary Taylor age 57
James K. Polk age 46
Rutherford B. Hayes age 19
Benjamin Harrison age 8
Gregor Mendel age 19
Ada Lovelace age 26
Chester A. Arthur age 12
Giuseppe Garibaldi age 34
Napoleon III age 33
Pius X age 6
Leo XIII age 31
Charles Babbage age 50
Edward VII age 3 months
Henry Dunant age 13
Alexander II of Russia age 23
Harriet Tubman age 19
Robert E. Lee age 35
Georges Clemenceau age 4 months
Empress Dowager Cixi age 6
Franz Joseph I of Austria age 11
Giuseppe Mazzini age 36
Lord Kelvin age 17
Samuel Morse age 50
Leopold II of Belgium age 6
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour age 31
Anne, Queen of Great Britain age 177
Frederick Douglass age 24
Wilhelm I age 44
Susan B. Anthony age 22
José de San Martín age 64
Jefferson Davis age 33
Benito Juárez age 35
Adolphe Thiers age 44
Empress Elisabeth of Austria age 4
Porfirio Díaz age 11
Victor Emmanuel II age 21
Elizabeth Cady Stanton age 26
Patrice de MacMahon age 33
Frederick III, German Emperor age 10
Abdulaziz age 12
George Stephenson age 60
Muhammad Ali of Egypt age 72
Itō Hirobumi age 4 months
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder age 41
Edward Bulwer-Lytton age 38
Joseph Bonaparte age 74
Liliʻuokalani age 3