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| Assassination Komei |  |
| Jan Death of Komei, dies of smallpox, killed by a handkerchief contaminated with a virus |
| Assassination Tomomi, Iwakura | |
| Jan Kills Komei who dies of smallpox, caused by a handkerchief contaminated with a virus |
| Battle of Mentana Garibaldi, Guisseppe |  |
| 3rd Nov Mentana Despite personal leadership by Garibaldi himself, French and Papal troops defeat Garibaldians |
| Birth Baden, Max von |  |
| Birth of Max von Baden |
| Birth Baldwin, Stanley |  |
| Birth of Stanley Baldwin |
| Birth Pirandello, Luigi | |
| 28th June Girgenti Birth of Luigi Pirandello |
| Birth Curie, Marie Sklodowska |  |
| 7th Nov Warsaw Birth of Marie Sklodowska Curie |
| Birth Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| 5th Dec Zublow Birth of Josef Klemens Pilsudski, near Vilna into an impoverished noble family |
| Birth Ibanez, Vicente Blasco |  |
| 29th Jan Birth of Vicente Blasco Ibanez |
| Birth Valladares, Manuel Portela | |
| Birth of Manuel Portela Valladares |
| Capture of Mexico City Diaz, Porfirio |  |
| Mexico City Commands troops which retake Mexico city in the war against Emperor Maximilian |
| Chancellor Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Oxford Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford |
| Chief Whip Glyn, George | |
| London Appointed Chief Whip of the Liberal Party |
| Conference of London Franz Josef I |  |
| London Luxembourg becomes neutral & demilitarized under the protection of the European powers |
| Conference of London Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| London Luxemburg becomes neutral & demilitarized, under the protection of the European powers |
| Constitution Franz Josef I | |
| Austria & Hungary share foreign, defense & financial policy with separate Parliaments |
| Austria & Hungary unite under the Habsburg crown with separate Parliaments |
| Beust gains a majority in the Reichsrat & carries through the Ausgleich |
| Hungary has independence in internal affairs but acts with Austria in foreign affairs |
| Constitution Bucher, Adolf Lothar | |
| Berlin Draws up the Constitution of the North German Confederation |
| Constitution Wilhelm I | |
| Berlin Appointed Head of the North German Confederation |
| Berlin The Prussian landtag and the Nth German Governments accept a new Constitution |
| Feb Berlin Elections take place for the new Reichstag |
| Constitution Andrassy |  |
| Budapest Hungary's 1st constitutional Prime Minister |
| Constitution Deak, Ferenc | |
| Gains permission for restoration of the Hungarian Constitution & dual monarchy |
| Constitution Yoshinobu | |
| The end of Shogun rule, executive power passes to the Emperor |
| Constitution Juarez, Benito | |
| Mexico City Restores republican government |
| Death Maximilian I | |
| Death of Maximilian I |
| Death Komei | |
| Jan Death of Komei |
| June Death of Komei |
| Death Tomomi, Iwakura | |
| Jan Kills Komei who dies of smallpox, caused by a handkerchief contaminated with a virus |
| Execution of Maximilian Franz Josef I | |
| Franz Josef's bother Maximilian is executed in Mexico |
| Execution of Maximilian I Maximilian I | |
| Executed by a firing squad in Mexico |
| Execution of Maximilian Juarez, Benito | |
| Mexico City Returns to exercise the office of President after the execution of Maximilian |
| Governor Kaufman, Konstantin Petrovich |  |
| Turkistan Appointed Governor General of Turkistan |
| Grand Vizier Pasha, Mehmed Emin Ali |  |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 4th term |
| Istanbul Appointed Grand Vizier, 5th term |
| Independence Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Dec Clerkenwell The rescue of 2 Fenians in Clerkenwell gaol causes 12 deaths |
| 15th Dec Clerkenwell Gladstone proclaims the need to address the Irish Proble |
| Marriage George I |  |
| Athens Marries Olga, Grand Duchess & niece of the Tsar of Russia |
| Minister of Finance Okuma | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Galt, Alexander Tilloch |  |
| Appointed Finance Minister |
| North German Confederation Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| From this point on begins what historians refer to as "The Misery of Austria", in which Austria serves as a mere vassal to the superior Germany, a relationship that was to shape history up to the two World Wars |
| King Wilhelm I serves as its President, and Bismarck as its Chancellor |
| To solidify Prussian hegemony, Prussia and several other North German states joined the North German Confederation |
| North German Confederation Wilhelm I | |
| Berlin Appointed Head of the North German Confederation |
| Party Leader Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party |
| President Auersperg, Carlos Furst | |
| Appointed President of Austria |
| Prime Minister MacDonald, John Alexander | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Canada |
| Prime Minister Andrassy | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary |
| Publication Stifter, Adalbert | |
| Publication of, "Witiko" |
| Publication Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| Publication of, "Das Kapital", drawn from reports compiled in Victorian England |
| Publication Ibsen, Henrik |  |
| Publication of, "Peer Gint", the first production |
| Publication Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich | |
| Publication of, "Dym" |
| Reform MacDonald, John Alexander | |
| Influential in the passage of the British Nth America Act |
| Reform Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Enfranchises all ratepayers |
| 25th Feb London Cabinet opts for the Ten Minutes Bill which Disraeli announces in the Commons |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th April London Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli |
| Reform Stanley, Edward | |
| London Doubles the electorate & gives the vote to many working men in the towns |
| London The 2nd Reform Act becomes law, "a leap in the dark" |
| Resignation Belcredi, Richard Graf | |
| Vienna Forced to resign after defeat in the Seven Weeks War |
| Resignation Mutsuhito | |
| Nov The shogun resigns which leads the way to the restoration of the Emperor |
| Restoration Deak, Ferenc | |
| Gains permission for restoration of the Hungarian Constitution & dual monarchy |
| Rule of Alaska Alexander II | |
| Russia agrees to sell Alaska to Washington for seven million dollars |
| Sale Alaska Alexander II | |
| Russia agrees to sell Alaska to Washington for seven million dollars |
| Secretary of Home Affairs Hardy | |
| Appointed Home Secretary |
| 17th May Appointed Home Secretary |
| Succession Muhammad A'zam |  |
| Kabul Succeeds as Amir of Afghanistan |
| Succession Elizabeth | |
| Succeeds as Queen of Hungary in a Dual Monarchy |
| Succession Franz Josef I | |
| Crowned King of Hungary as part of a Dual Monarchy |
| Succession Meiji | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |
| Succession Mutsuhito | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan, 122nd Emperor |
| Succession Yoshinobu | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |
| Succeeds as Tokugawa Shogun, 15th Shogun |
| Unification Lincoln, Abraham |  |
| 1st Mar Nebraska Nebraska becomes the 37th State of the Union |
| Vice President Tomomi, Iwakura | |
| Jan Appointed Vice President of the State Council, Japan's ruling body |
| Zollverein Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| A new organization with the same name was brought about in 1867 when peace was restored, the new Zollverein is stronger, in that no individual state had a veto |
