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Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, today known as ExxonMobil, is established officially. The company would later grow…
In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle
The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine,…
General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his…
American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del De
Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle…
War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessel
Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state
Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state
Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War
The Zungeni Mountain skirmish took place between British and Zulu forces during the second invasion of the Zulu Kingdom
Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war…
Anglo-Zulu War: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands
Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I