1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans

1863 Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)

1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi

1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars"

1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers

1864 Atlanta campaign, Georgia

1864 Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign)

1864 Wilderness campaign

1866 American Equal Rights Association forms

1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration

1869 "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France

1869 A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH

1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna)

1873 The first US postal card issued

1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities

1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his first Wild West Show

1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens

1884 Construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)

1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands

1886 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins

1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)

1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Fransisco Bay

1893 World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago

1898 George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila

1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield UT

1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo

1907 Belgian Government of De Trooz forms

1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies)

1908 World's most intense rain shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama

1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium

1909 Prohibition goes into effect in Ontario.

1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens

1912 Canada issues first five-dollar bank note.

1913 The Australian Government releases the first commonwealth banknote – ten shillings.

1914 China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification

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