1865
Dec 22
| 1865 • American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman from the Union. Lee's army suffers heavy casualties during the battle of Fort Stedman—about 2,900, including 1,000 captured in the Union counterattack. Confederate positions are weakened. After the battle, Lee's defeat is only a matter of time. |
1888
Age: 21y
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birth of childCharles Edmund Raynor Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1888 • Start of the Sikkim Expedition, a British military expedition to expel the Tibetans from northern Sikkim. |
1910
Age: 43y
| 1910 • The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster. |
1938
Aug 18
Age: 72y
| 1938 • The German government expels 12,000 Polish Jews living in Germany; the Polish government accepts 4,000 and refuses admittance to the remaining 8,000, who are forced to live in the no-man's land on the German-Polish frontier. |