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The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval p
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: The Confederate Army won a resounding victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive b
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a vic
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Confederate general Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimately unsuccessful…
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river en…
In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her…
Brooklyn, coextensive with Kings County, is the most populous of the five boroughs and counties in New York City, United States. Located at the westernmost end of Long Island and f…
In Brooklyn, a mob composed largely of Irish Americans attacked a group of African Americans in a riot.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Confederate troops counter-attacked and won the Battle of Cedar Mountain, after nearly being…
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mount…
The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States; Virginia later becomes the eighth s
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Robert E
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
The Great Comet of 1861, formally designated as C/1861 J1 and 1861 II, is a long-period comet that was visible to the naked eye for approximately 3 months. It was categorized as a …
The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1886 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns 7,540 kilometres of opera…
Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri
The Règlement Organique was a series of international conventions, between 1860 and 1864, between the Ottoman Empire and the European Powers, which led to the creation of the Mount…
The Beyoglu Protocol turns the district of Mount Lebanon into an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire and grants
Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemist…
Thaddeus S
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Maryland, a slave state, was one of the border states, straddling the South and North. Despite some popular support for the cause of the …
Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Conf
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate f
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve sl…
American Civil War: The State of North Carolina secedes from the Union
The Treaty of Cession, 6 August 1861 or the Lagos Treaty of Cession was a treaty between the British Empire and Oba Dosunmu of Lagos wherein Dosunmu, under the threat of military b…
Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
The Weisshorn is a major peak of Switzerland and the Alps, culminating at 4,505 metres above sea level. It is part of the Pennine Alps and is located between the valleys of Annivie…
First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
Tilda Amalie Andersen was a Norwegian actress.
Amalie Andersen, Norwegian actress (died 1924)
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, was a senior British Army officer and imperial governor. He fought in the Second Boer War and in the First World Wa…
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (died 1936)