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American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to
Fertilisation of Orchids, the first book by Charles Darwin which demonstrated the power of natural selection in detail,
American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Vi
American Civil War: Confederate troops under Joseph E
Vietnamese guerrilla leader Trương Định chose to fight on against European forces, defying Emperor Tự Đức and the Treaty
Vietnamese guerrilla leader Trương Định chose to fight on against European forces, defying Emperor Tự Đức and the Treaty
American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval p
American Civil War: The Confederate Army won a resounding victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive b
American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a vic
American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a vic
The first bloodshed of the American Civil War took place when Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, Maryland, attacked
The first land battle of the American Civil War after Fort Sumter took place in the village of Fairfax, Virginia
American Civil War: The Confederate Army only suffered eight casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in Yo
American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movemen
Led by Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi, the volunteer Expedition of the Thousand set sail from Genoa on a campaign to
The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged h
The Revolution of the Ganhadores, the first general strike in Brazil, began in Salvador, Bahia
A crowd of about 800 pro-slavery Americans ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas