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| Alliance Ito |  |
| Negotiates the Alliance which topples the shogun |
| Alliance Komei | |
| Aug The Satsuma clan makes a temporary Alliance with Komei to prevent Choshu victory |
| Ambassador Ignatyev |  |
| Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey |
| Battle of Atlanta Sherman, William Tecumseh |  |
| Atlanta Sherman captures Atlanta |
| Battle of Opequon Creek Early, Jubal | |
| 19th Sep Opequon Creek Defeated by Confederates under General Philip Sheridan near Winchester, Virginia |
| 19th Sep Opequon Creek Removes the Shenandoah Valley from the remainder of the war |
| Battle of Opequon Creek Sheridan, Philip | |
| 19th Sep Opequon Creek Leads Union victory over General Early in Virginia |
| 19th Sep Opequon Creek Removes the Shenandoah Valley from the remainder of the war |
| Birth Hughes, William Morris |  |
| London Birth of William Morris Hughes |
| Birth Strauss, Richard |  |
| 11th June Birth of Richard Strauss |
| Birth Albert Victor |  |
| London Birth of Albert Victor, eldest son of Edward & Princess Alexandria |
| Birth Casement, Roger | |
| 1st Sep Ulster Birth of Roger Casement |
| Birth Snowden, Philip | |
| 18th July Cowling Birth of Philip Snowden |
| Brigadier General Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| Capture of Atlanta Sherman, William Tecumseh | |
| Atlanta Sherman captures Atlanta |
| Capture of Nanking Kuo-fan, Tseng |  |
| 10th July Nanking Captures Nanking which brings the Taiping rebellion to an end |
| Capture of Nanking T'ung Chih | |
| 10th July Nanking Suppresses the Taiping rebellion with western help |
| Clifton Suspension Bridge Brunel, Isambard Kingdom | |
| 9th Dec Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge is opened |
| Commandant Kruger, Paulus |  |
| Pretoria Africa Appointed Commander of the Trans vaal forces |
| Council Regency Darboy, Georges |  |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Council of Regency |
| Dean Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn | |
| Westminster Appointed Dean of Westminster |
| Death Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| 11th May Death of James Ewell Brown, killed in battle |
| Election Pretorius, Marthinus | |
| Pretoria Africa Elected President of the SouthAfrican Republic, 2nd term |
| Election Lincoln, Abraham | |
| Re-elected President of the USA on a National Union ticket with a large majority |
| Envoy Gagern, Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von |  |
| Appointed Hessian envoy to Vienna |
| General of Infantry Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von | |
| Appointed General of Infantry |
| General McClellan, George Brinton | |
| Stands as an unsuccessful Presidential candidate against Abraham Lincoln |
| Governor Pasha, Midhat |  |
| Appointed Governor of Bulgaria |
| Imperial Representitive Belcredi Belcredi, Richard Graf | |
| Prague Appointed Imperial Representitive |
| Independence Ignatyev | |
| Moscow Encourages Serbs & Bulgarians in their unsuccesful revolts against Turkish rule |
| International, 1st Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| London Founds the 1st International |
| Invasion of Holstein Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Holstein Prussia & Austria invade Holstein & Lauenburg |
| Invasion of Mexico Napoleon III | |
| Installs Archduke Maximilian of Austria as Emperor of Mexico |
| Marriage Snowden, Philip | |
| Snowden marries Ethel Annakin, a campaigner for women's suffrage |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Galt, Alexander Tilloch |  |
| Appointed Finance Minister |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Perez, Santiago |  |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Minister of Interior Canovas del Castillo, Antonio |  |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Interior Gonzalez Bravo, Luis | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior, 1st term |
| President Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 7th June Nominated for the Presidency |
| 7th June The Republicans nominate Abraham Lincoln for a 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Bluhme, Christian Albrecht |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Denmark, 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Pfordten, Ludwig von der | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Bavaria, 2nd term |
| Privy Council Darboy, Georges | |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Privy Council |
| Publication Browning, Robert | |
| Publication of, "Dramatis Personae" |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 11th May London Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the government |
| Reform Alexander II | |
| Aims to establish "the ruleof law" on the English model with public trials & a jury |
| Elected Zemstvas are set up for provinces for health, welfare, roads & education |
| Rule of Mexico Maximilian I | |
| Napoleon III wants to establish a Catholic Empire & crowns Maximilian "puppet Emperor" |
| Siege of Dybbol Frederick Charles | |
| 15th Mar Dybbol Begins the siege of Dybbol, Denmark |
| 18th April Dybbol Wins a major victory by capturing the fortress of Dybbol |
| Siege of Imperial Palace Komei | |
| Aug Kyoto The Choshu march on the Palace to hold Komei hostage until foreigners are expelled |
| Aug Kyoto The Choshu siege is repulsed |
| Aug Kyoto The Emperor is safe but at great cost to the surrounding Imperial Park |
| Siege of Richmond Stuart, James Ewell Brown | |
| 11th May Richmond Killed in battle as the Confederates are driven from Richmond |
| Succession Maximilian I | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Mexico |
| Succession Louis II | |
| Bavaria Succeeds as King of Bavaria |
| Succession Ludwig II | |
| Bavaria Succeeds as King of Germany, Succeeds his father Maximilian II |
| Succession Maximilian I |  |
| 10th April Mexico City Puppet of Napoleon III who wishes to establish a Catholic Empire in Mexico |
| Succession South Kojong |  |
| Succeeds as King of Korea |
