758 events
The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson adjourned after the second and third articles of impeachment did not obtain enou
The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent
The International Telecommunication Union, which standardizes and regulates international radio and telecommunications,
American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Ar
American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison S
Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U
Second Schleswig War: The Battle of Heligoland (depicted), the last naval engagement fought by squadrons of wooden ships
American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Un
American Civil War: The inconclusive Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia ended with combined Union and Confed
Confederate forts at Grand Gulf survived a bombardment by Union gunboats, preventing Ulysses S
American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large
American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi
American Civil War: At the Battle of Big Black River Bridge in Mississippi, Union forces under John A