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The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.
American Civil War: Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first…
General John S. Marmaduke fatally wounded his Confederate Army colleague Lucius M. Walker in a formal duel in Arkansas.
American Civil War: The Little Rock campaign ended with the Union Army capturing Little Rock, Arkansas.
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga began in northwestern Georgia and would end in the most significant…
American Civil War: In the Battle of Bristoe Station, the Union II Corps surprised and repelled the Confederate attack…
American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army…
American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County,…
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
American Civil War: Confederate general Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimately unsuccessful…
The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London.