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| Abdication Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| 21st Sep Berlin Persuades William not to abdicate & ends the Constitutional Crisis
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| 21st Sep Berlin Promises to manage Parliament & put through reforms in defiance of Parliament
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| Abdication Kanaris, Constantine |  |
| Helps bloodless revolution that deposes Otto of Greece & puts George I on the throne
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| Abdication Otho | |
| Bavaria Deposed by the revolutionary Government
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| Albert Memorial Scott, Gilbert |  |
| London Designs the Albert Memorial
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| Ambassador Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Paris Appointed Ambassador to France
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| Ambassador Brunnow, Philip |  |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain
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| Battle of Antietam Burnside, Ambrose |  |
| 17th Sep Antietam Unionist General at the battle of Antietam
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| Battle of Antietam Lee, Robert Edward | |
| 17th Sep Antietam A tactical stalemate but strategically very important for the Unionists
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| 17th Sep Antietam Robert Lee's plan to convert Maryland to the Confederate cause is defeated
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| 17th Sep Antietam The battle paves the way for Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation
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| 17th Sep Antietam The Confederates lose 2,700 dead & 9,000 wounded
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| Battle of Antietam Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 17th Sep Antietam The Battle paves the way for Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation
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| 17th Sep Antietam Victory persuades the British not to recognize the Confederacy
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| Battle of Antietam McClelland, George | |
| 17th Sep Antietam Robert Lee's plan to convert Maryland to the Confederate cause is defeated
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| Battle of Antietam McClellan, George Brinton | |
| 17th Sep Antietam Blocks the Confederates under General Lee on Maryland & Washington DC
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| 17th Sep Antietam The Unionists lose 2,100 dead & 9,500 wounded
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| Battle of Antietam Sumner, Charles | |
| 17th Sep Antietam Unionist General at the battle of Antietam
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| Battle of Bull Run, 2nd Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| Boston Distinguishes himself in charge of the entire Confederate cavalry
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| Battle of Chance'ville Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" | |
| 2nd May Chance'ville Helps defeat Unionists under General Hooker
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| 2nd May Chance'ville Killed at the battle of Chancellorsville by one of his own soldiers in the confusion
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| Battle of Fort Donelson Grant, Hiram Ulysses | |
| Fort Donelson Captures Fort Donelson for the Union
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| Battle of Fort Henry Foote, Andrew | |
| Fort Henry Captures Fort Henry for the Union
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| Battle of Fredericksburg Burnside, Ambrose Everett | |
| 13th Dec Fredericksburg Fails to capture Fredericksburg
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| 13th Dec Fredericksburg Leads the Northern army of 113,000 defended by Jackson with 75,000
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| Battle of Fredericksburg Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" | |
| 13th Dec Fredericksburg Burnside leads a Northern army of 113,000 but fails to capture Fredericksburg
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| 13th Dec Fredericksburg Fredericksburg is defended by Jackson with a southern army of 75,000
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| Battle of Fredericksburg Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| 13th Dec Fredericksburg Supports Jackson at Fredericksburg
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| Battle of Manassas, 2nd Lee, Robert Edward | |
| 30th Aug Manassas Union forces from Washington are stopped from reaching Richmond
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| Battle of New Orleans Farragut, David | |
| New Orleans New Orleans surrenders to Union forces led by David Farragut
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| Battle of Puebla Latrille, Charles |  |
| Puebla General Charles Latrille had expected an easy march to Mexico city but is defeated
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| Puebla General Zaragoza defeats the French
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| Battle of Puebla Zaragoza, Ignacio | |
| Puebla Defeats the French, General Charles latrille had expected an easy march to Mexico city
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| Battle of Seven Day's Battle Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| Richmond Fights in the Battle of Seven Days
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| Battle of Seven Days Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Richmond Defends Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital against General McClelland
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| Richmond Drives away more than 105,000 Union troops from Richmond
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| Battle of Shiloh Grant, Hiram Ulysses | |
| 7th April Shiloh Grant defeats Confederate troops led by Johnston who is killed
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| Battle of Shiloh Lee, Robert Edward | |
| 6th April Shiloh An indecisive battle
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| Battle of Tzeki Ward, Frederick Townsend |  |
| 20th Aug Tzeki The Chinese merchant's army of liberation under Ward wins 11 victories in 4 months
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| 20th Aug Tzeki Ward is mortally wounded
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| Battle of Vicksburg, 1st Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Vicksburg Lee fails to capture Vicksburg
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| Birth Henry | |
| Berlin Birth of Henry, 3rd child of Emperor Frederick & Victoria
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| Birth Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| 29th Nov Wesenburg Birth of Gustav Ritter von Kahr
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| Birth Grey, Edward | |
| Birth of Edward Grey
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| Birth Botha, Louis |  |
| Greytown Africa Birth of Louis Botha, Natal
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| Budget Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 21st Sep Berlin Saves the King from the Liberals in the House of Deputies over army expansion
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| 30th Sep Berlin Asks the Landtag to increase the Army Budget
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| 30th Sep Berlin Says great issues of the day will be decided by "iron & blood"
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| Burial Bahadur Shah II |  |
| Yangon the burial place is currently known as Bahadur Shah Zafar Dargah
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| Campaign Peninsular Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| Gains valuable information about Union deployments for General Lee
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| Leads a cavalry division around the Union Army
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| Capture Foote, Andrew | |
| Fort Henry Captures Fort Henry for the Union
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| Capture Grant, Hiram Ulysses | |
| Fort Donelson Captures Fort Donelson for the Union
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| Commander Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Tientsin Appointed Commander of the Royal Engineers
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| Commander Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Virginia Appointed Commander of the army of North Virginia
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| Virginia Leads the army of Northern Virginia
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| Composition Berlioz, Hector |  |
| Composition of, "Beatrice et Benedict"
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| Coup d'Etat Kanaris, Constantine | |
| Helps bloodless revolution that deposes Otto of Greece & puts George I on the throne
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| Death Bahadur Shah II | |
| 7th Nov Death of Bahadur Shah II, in exile
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| Death Abdulmecid I |  |
| Death of Abdulmecid I at the age of 39, because of tuberculosis
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| Death Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" | |
| 2nd May Chance'ville Killed at the battle of Chancellorsville by one of his own soldiers in the confusion
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| Declaration of Emancipation Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 1st Jan Washington Signed by Lincoln proclaiming the freedom of slaves
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| Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Meets Disraeli & plays the role of a future Premier
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| Berlin Meets Napolean who sounds Bismarck out on a possible Alliance betwen Germany & France
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| Berlin Outlines his general policy for the next 10 years for army reform & German unification
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| Discovery of Hydrogen Angstrom, Anders Jonas |  |
| Discovers hydrogen in the solar atmosphere
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| Election Garfield, James Abram | |
| 19th Sep Elected to the USA House of Representatives
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| Government Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 21st Sep Promises to form a Government & put through reforms in defiance of Parliament
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| Invasion of Cochin China Cervera y Topete |  |
| Serves in an expedition to Cochin China, southern Indochina
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| Major Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| Appointed Major-General
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| Medal Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| London Awarded the British War Medal
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| Minister Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 21st Sep Appointed Minister President of Prussia
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| Minister Roon, Albrecht von | |
| Appointed Minister of Marine
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| Minister Koumoundouros, Alexandros | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice
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| Minister Milyutin, Dmitri | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense
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| Naval Attache Cervera y Topete | |
| Washington Appointedaval Attache to Washington
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| Patent Gatling, Richard Jordan | |
| Patents the gatling gun
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| Proclamation of Emancipation Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 1st Jan Washington The "Proclamation of Emancipation" is signed by Lincoln
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| Publication Cladel, Leon-Alpinien | |
| Publication of, "Les Martyrs Ridicules"
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| Publication Fabre, Ferdinand | |
| Publication of, "Le Courbezon"
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| Publication Hugo, Victor | |
| Publication of, "Les Miserables"
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| Publication Browning, Elizabeth Barrett | |
| Publication of, "Last Poems", published posthumously
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| Publication Rossetti, Chistina | |
| Publication of, "Goblin Market & Other Poems"
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| Publication Waugh, Edwin | |
| Publication of, "Tufts of Heather"
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| Publication Bjornson, Sveinn |  |
| Publication of, "Sigurd Slembre"
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| Publication Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich | |
| Publication of, "Otsy i deti"
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| Rebellion Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Storms towns occupied by the T'ai P'ing rebels
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| Rebellion Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno | |
| Accompanies a French expedition to Mexico in opposition to President Juarez
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| Mexico Accompanies a French expedition to Mexico in opposition to President Juarez
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| Accompanies a French expedition to Mexico in opposition to President Juarez
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| Reform Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 19th Sep Berlin The Landtag refuses to carry out reforms of the Army
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| Rule of Ho Chi Minh City Tu Duc |  |
| Ho Chi Minh Cty Ho Chi Minh City is ceded to the French by Tu Duc
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| Siege of Chambersburg Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| Chambersburg Raids as far as Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, & captues 1,200 mounts
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| Siege of New Orleans Farragut, David | |
| New Orleans New Orleans surrenders to Union forces led by David Farragut
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| Siege of Richmond Lee, Robert Edward | |
| Richmond Defends Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital against General McClelland
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| Siege of Rome Garibaldi, Guisseppe |  |
| Rome Lands in southern Italy with an army to take over the papal states
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| Siege of Vicksburg Grant, Hiram Ulysses | |
| Vicksburg 1st Unionist attempt to capture Vicksburg fails
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| Succession Victoria | |
| Athens Vivctoria's 2nd son Alfred is elected King of Greece but refuses the throne
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| Succession Kanaris, Constantine | |
| Helps bloodless revolution that deposes Otto of Greece & puts George I on the throne
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| Telegram Roon, Albrecht von | |
| 17th Sep Berlin Sends a telegram to Bismarck to solve the Constitutional Crisis in Prussia
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| Unification Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 1st Jan Washington Says "the old south must be destroyed and replaced by new propositions & ideas"
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| Viceroy Bruce, James | |
| London Appointed Viceroy of India, 1st Viceroy to be employed directly by the crown
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