Timeline

1839

1839 • The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.

1864


Age: 25y
1864 16American Civil WarBattle of Nashville: Union forces decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

1866


Age: 27y

1868


Age: 29y
1868 • Preacher William Booth establishes the Christian Mission, predecessor of the Salvation Army, in the East End of London.

1870


Age: 31y
1870 • Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

1875


Age: 36y
1875 • The Ottoman state declares partial bankruptcy and places its finances in the hands of European creditors.

1877


Aug 3
Age: 38y

1880


Age: 41y
1880 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River.

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