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1845
Feb 22
| 1845 • The United States Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time. |
1850
Age: 4y
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |
1860
Age: 14y
| 1860 • Battle of Castelfidardo: The Piedmontese decisively defeat the Papal forces, allowing them to continue their march into Neapolitan territory, and effectively reducing the Papal States to the territory around Rome. |
1862
Feb 7
Age: 16y
| 1862 • American Civil War – Battle of Yorktown: The battle begins when Union forces under General George B. McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia. |