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1841
| 1841 • Britain annexes Sarawak from Brunei; James Brooke is appointed rajah. |
1861
Oct 1
Age: 20y
| 1861 • American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. |
1868
Sep 13
Age: 27y
marriageMinerva Lowry Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1868 • The Battle of Moturoa in New Zealand ends in a British defeat due to an underestimate of Titokowaru and his fortifications. Heavy causality's for the colonial army and light causality's for the Māori Defenders. |
1871
Feb 27
Age: 30y
birth of childCarrie Mae Makinster Union, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1871 • José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, becomes Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil. |
1873
Mar 6
Age: 32y
birth of childArthur Urial Makinster 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1873 • Siege of Bilbao (Third Carlist War; until 2 May 1874): Campaigning in Navarre, Pretender Don Carlos VII and General Joaquín Elío besiege Bilbao, held by General Ignacio del Castillo and 1,200 men. The Carlist force is ten times this number and includes most of the troops from Navarre, Vizcaya and Alava, although a considerable force is left in Guipúzcoa. Despite defeat at nearby Somorrostro, Republic commander Marshal Francisco Serrano, supported by Generals Manuel de la Concha and Arsenio Martínez Campos, brilliantly breaks the siege and Concha then marches on Estella. |
1880
Age: 39y
| 1880 • Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City. |
1903
Sep 14
Age: 62y
| 1903 • The Ottoman Empire and the German Empire sign an agreement to build the Constantinople-Baghdad Railway. |