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| Battle of Buena Vista Anna, Santa |  |
| 23rd Feb Buena Vista Defeated by General Zacharay Taylor
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| Battle of Buena Vista Davis, Jefferson |  |
| Buena Vista The riflemen & Indiana volunteers under Davis turn the course of battle into victory for the Americans by a bold charge under heavy fire against the Mexicans
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| Battle of Buena Vista Taylor, Zacharay | |
| 23rd Feb Buena Vista Defeats Santa Anna at Buena Vista
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| Battle of Cerro Gordo Anna, Santa | |
| 18th April Cerro Gordo Defeated by General Scott
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| Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott, Winfield | |
| 18th April Cerro Gordo Defeats Santa Anna
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| Battle of Chapultepec Scott, Winfield | |
| 13th Sep Chapultepec Overcomes the fortress of Chapultepec the last obstacle before Mexico City
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| Battle of Molino del Rio Anna, Santa | |
| 8th Sep Molino del Rio Defeated by General Scott
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| Battle of Molino del Rio Scott, Winfield | |
| 8th Sep Molino del Rio Defeats Santa Anna
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| Birth Runciman, Walter |  |
| 6th July Birth of Walter Runciman
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| Birth Togo, Heihachiro |  |
| 22nd Dec Kagoshima Birth of Heihachiro Togo
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| British Museum Smirke, Robert | |
| London Completes the construction of the British Museum
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| Budget Frederick William IV |  |
| Berlin Calls up an Assembly for a loan to build a railway from Berlin to Bahgdad
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| Berlin Must offer a written Constitution & an elected Assembly before the loan is agreed
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| Berlin The loan request for the Berlin-Konigsberg railway is rejected
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| Berlin The United Diet refuses to agree the loan for a new railway
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| Capture Nicholson, Augustus | |
| 14th Sep Mexico City Cuts down the Mexican colours & raises the Stars & Stripes
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| Capture Scott, Winfield | |
| 27th Mar Vera Cruz Captures Vera Cruz
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| Capture Terret, George | |
| 14th Sep Mexico City Breaks up a counter attack by the Mexican lancers before Mexico City is taken
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| Communist League Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| Founds the Communist League from the Communist Correspondence Committees
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| Composition Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Composes, "I masnadien"
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| Composes, "Jerusalem"
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| Composes, "Macbeth"
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| Constitution Frederick William IV | |
| Berlin Allows freedom of the press
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| Berlin Refuses to allow a fully representative Assembly
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| Berlin Refuses to allow a written Constitution
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| Berlin The Diet is united against Frederick William's idea of a representative Assembly
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| Diet Kossuth Kossuth, Lajos |  |
| Budapest Appointed Hungarian Diet
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| Discovery of Anaesthetic Young Simpson, James | |
| 4th Nov Carries out the 1sr succesful experiment to use chloroform as an anaesthetic
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| Election Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Magdeburg Bismarck is elected to the Vereinigter Landtag
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| Exile Siegwart-Muller, Konstantin |  |
| Berne Flees the Country after defeat in the Sonderbund war
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| Governor Pottinger, Henry | |
| Madras Appointed Governor of Madras
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| Governor Ramsay | |
| Appointed Governor General of India, 1st term
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| Governor Juarez, Benito | |
| Oaxaca Appointed Governor of Oaxaca
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| Independence Pretorius, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus |  |
| River Vaal Africa Crosses the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule
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| Vaal River Africa Crosses the Vaal River to free the Boers from British rule
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| Legislation Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory Legislation, Factory Acts
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| Lord Lieutenant Villiers | |
| Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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| Lord Lieutenant Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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| Marriage Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Bismarck marries Johanna von Puttkamer
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| Mormon Church Young, Brigham | |
| Appointed President of the Mormon Church
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| Occupation Young, Brigham | |
| Salt Lake Leads the Mormon occupation of Great Salt Lake Valley, assumes dictatorial powers
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| President Monagas, Jose Tadeo |  |
| Appointed President of Venezuela, 1st term
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| Press Brannan, Samuel | |
| San Francisco Publishes the 1st newspaper in San Francisco
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| Prime Minister Guizot, Francois-Pierre-Guillaume |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of France
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| Publication Bronte, Anne | |
| Publication of, "Agnes Grey"
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| Publication Bronte, Charlotte | |
| Publication of, "Jane Eyre"
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| Publication Bronte, Emily | |
| Publication of, "Wuthering Heights"
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| Publication Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Publication of, "Tancred"
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| Publication Herzen, Alexander Ivonovich |  |
| Publication of, "Who Is To Blame?"
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| Reform Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory Legislation, Factory Acts
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| Reform Fielden, John | |
| London Sponsors the successful passage of the Ten Hours act
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| Senator Davis, Jefferson | |
| 5th Dec Davis takes hist seat in the Senate
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| Siege of Da Nang Tu Duc |  |
| Da Nang The French lay siege to Da Nang
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| Speech Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Makes maiden speech outraging the Assembly by his reactionary views
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| Succession Tu Duc | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Vietnam, Vietnam's last Emperor
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| United Diet Bismarck Sch”nhausen Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Magdeburg Called on by the Magdeburg estate to represent it at the United Diet
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