Jan 01 Battle of Helena AK

Jan 19 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland

Jan 01 The first homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice NE

Jan 01 Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln

Jan 13 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY

Jan 17 Civil War skirmish near Newtown VA

Jan 17 Civil War skirmish near Newtown VA

Jan 10 The first underground railway opens in London

Jan 01 Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city

Jan 01 Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city

Jan 01 The first homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice NE

Jan 29 Battle at Bear River WA US Army vs Indians

Jan 10 January-uprising begins in Poland

Jan 25 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac

Jan 10 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR

Jan 04 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY

Jan 04 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY

Jan 12 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address

Jan 14 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teched LA

Jan 26 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops

Jan 13 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet

Jan 01 Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln

Jan 02 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends

Jan 25 Battle of Kinston NC

Jan 01 Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln

Jan 31 The first black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army

Jan 11 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman AR

Oct 29 The International Red Cross is established.

Oct 29 International Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant

Oct 26 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer

Oct 03 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day

Oct 06 Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn

Oct 26 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva

Oct 15 Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site)

Oct 29 Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)

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