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| Arrest Enomoto, Takeaki |  |
| June Hakodate Arrested, 1869-1872 |
| 10th June Hakodate Forced to surrender at the battle of Hakodate & is imprisoned |
| Battle of Hakodate Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| 10th June Hakodate Forced to surrender at the battle of Hakodate & is imprisoned |
| Battle of Hakodate Togo, Heihachiro | |
| Hakodate Togo participated as a third-class officer aboard the Kasuga in the last battles against the remnants of the Bakufu forces, the naval battle of Hakodate |
| Battle of Miyako Togo, Heihachiro | |
| 22nd Dec Miyako Togo participated as a third-class officer aboard the Kasuga in the last battles against the remnants of the Bakufu forces, the naval battle of Miyako |
| Birth Chamberlain, Neville |  |
| 18th Mar Birmingham Birth of Neville Chamberlain, son of a businessman |
| Birth Maud | |
| London Birth of Maud, 5th child of Edward & Princess Alexandria |
| Birth Colijn, Hendrikus |  |
| 22nd June Burgerven Birth of Hendrikus Colijn |
| Birth Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand |  |
| 2nd Oct Pornbandar Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, son of a Prime Minister of a princely state |
| Birth Victor Emmanuel III |  |
| Birth of Victor Emmanuel III, son of Umberto I |
| Birth Politics Clynes, John Robert | Politics |
| 27th Mar Oldham Birth of John Robert Clynes |
| Cadet Mackensen Mackensen, August von |  |
| Appointedadet in the Death's Head Hussars |
| Composition Wagner, Richard | |
| Composes, "Das Rheingold" |
| Munich 1st performance of, "Das Rheingold" |
| Composition Liszt, Franz |  |
| Composition of, "Requiem" |
| Composition Mussorgsky, Modest |  |
| Composition of, "Boris Godunov" |
| Constitution Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin The Customs Union fails, "no man is humiliated who does not feel himself humiliated" |
| CPP Shigenobu, Okuma | |
| Founds the Constitutional Progressive Party |
| Death Stanley, Edward | |
| 13th Oct Death of Earl Stanley of Derby |
| Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 8th May Berlin Benedetti is told by Bismarck that Leopold had refused the Spanish throne |
| Independence Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Disestablishes the Irish Church |
| Legislation Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Disestablishes the Irish Church |
| Marriage Carol I |  |
| Wied Marries Elizabeth, Princess of Wied |
| Minister of Vatican Bach, Alexander Freiherr von |  |
| Appointed Minister to the Vatican |
| National Women's Suffrage Stanton, Elizabeth Cady |  |
| 1st President of the 1st women's movement in the USA, National Women's Suffrage |
| Party Leader Sverdrup, Johan |  |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Venstre Party |
| Peerage Dalberg | |
| London Created Baron Acton, 1st |
| President Garcia Moreno, Gabriel |  |
| Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd term |
| President Pretorius, Marthinus |  |
| Appointed President of the SouthAfrican Republic, 3rd term |
| President Grant, Ulysses Simpson | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 18th President |
| President Stanton, Elizabeth Cady | |
| Appointed President of the National Women's Suffrage |
| Prime Minister Fox, William |  |
| July Appointed Prime Minister of NewZealand, 3rd term |
| Publication Ibsen, Henrik | |
| Publication of, "The League of Youth" |
| Publication Dostoevsky, Fyodor | |
| Publication of, "The Idiot" |
| Publication Twain, Mark | |
| Publication of, "Innocents Abroad" |
| Rear Admiral Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| London Appointed Rear Admiral |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London 2nd reading to disestablish the Irish Church, wins by 118 |
| London Disestablishes the Irish Church |
| 1st Mar London Introduces the Irish Church Bill to end the establishment of the Irish Church |
| 1st Mar London Introduces the Irish Church Bill to end the Union of the English & Irish Churches |
| Rule of Belgium Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Benedetti Bismarck reveals to Gladstone France's proposal to exchange sth Germany for Belgium |
| SDP Liebknecht, Karl | |
| Berlin Founded by Liebknecht at the Congress of German Socialists |
| Secretary of Home Affairs Bruce, Henry | |
| Appointed Home Secretary |
| Secretary of Home Affairs Bruce, Henry Austin | |
| Appointed Home Secretary |
| Social Democratic Workers Party Bebel, August | |
| Eisenach Liebknecht and Bebel found the Social-Democratic Workers ' Party |
| Social Democratic Workers Party Liebknecht, Wilhelm | |
| Eisenach Liebknecht and Bebel found the Social-Democratic Workers ' Party |
| Succession Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 25th Feb Berlin Charles Anthony asks Bismarck to tell William to decide Leopold's Spanish succession |
| 25th Feb Berlin Informed by Charles Anthony that Leopold had been sounded out for the Spanish throne |
| Treaty of Benedetti Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Benedetti Bismarck reveals to Gladstone France's proposal to exchange sth Germany for Belgium |
| Union Customs Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin The Customs Union fails, "no man is humiliated who does not feel himself humiliated" |
| Vice President Colfax, Schuyler | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
