Encyclopedia - 1868: Encyclopedia - 1868
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1868 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1868 In Rail Transport - Births
1868 in rail transport - May births. May 26 - Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell, Chief mechanical engineer for the Southern Railway 1923�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1868: Encyclopedia Ii - 1868 - Events
1868 - January—April. January 3 - Meiji Emperor declares "Meiji Restoration", his own restoration to full power, against the support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1868: Encyclopedia - 1868
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1868 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1868 In Rail Transport - Events
1868 in rail transport - January events. January 1 - Construction begins on the Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad mainline that will c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Presidency
Grant was the 18th President of the United States and served two terms from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1877. He was chosen as the Republi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Presidency
Grant was the 18th President of the United States and served two terms from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1877. He was chosen as the Republi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Meiji Restoration And Creation Of The Imperial Japanese Navy
Main article:Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (Japanese: 大日本帝国海軍) was the navy of Japan between 1867...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). He achieved national fame ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Prehistory
Japan seems to have been connected to the Asian landmass during the last Ice Age until around 20,000 BCE, both because of glaciation of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Medieval Period
Naval battles of a very large scale, fought between Japanese clans and involving more than 1000 warships, are recorded from the 12th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Modernization: Bakumatsu Period 1853-1868
The study of Western shipbuilding techniques resumed in the 1840s. This process intensified along with the increased activity of Western ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - World War Ii
In the years before WW II the IJN began to structure itself specifically to fight the United States. A long stretch of militaristic expan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Self-defense Forces
Following Japan's surrender to the United States at the conclusion of World War II, and Japan's subsequent occupation, Japan's entire imp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1824 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1824 In Rail Transport - Births
1824 in rail transport - March births. March 9 - Leland Stanford, a member of The Big Four group of financiers in California 1824 in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Birth And Early Years
Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, 25 miles (40 km) east of Cincinnati on the Ohio River, to Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Military Career
Ulysses S. Grant - Mexican War. Grant served in the Mexican-American War (1846–48) under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Later Life
After the end of his second term, Grant spent two years traveling around the world. He visited Sunderland, where he opened the first free...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Legacy
Ulysses S. Grant - Anti-Semitism. Grant's legacy has been marred by the possibility of anti-Semitism. The most frequently cited example...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Military Career
Ulysses S. Grant - Mexican War. Grant served in the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Later Life
After the end of his second term, Grant spent two years traveling around the world. He visited Sunderland, where he opened the first free...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Legacy
Ulysses S. Grant - Anti-Semitism. Grant's legacy has been marred by the possibility of anti-Semitism. The most frequently cited example...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulysses S. Grant - Birth And Early Years
Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, 25 miles (40 km) east of Cincinnati on the Ohio River, to Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1816 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1816 In Rail Transport - Births
1816 in rail transport - January births. January 3 - Samuel C. Pomeroy, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1863-18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval History Of Japan - Early Historical Period
Ambassadoral visits to Japan by the later Northern Chinese dynasties Wei and Jin (Encounters of the Eastern Barbarians, Wei Chronicles) r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hetty Green: Encyclopedia Ii - Hetty Green - Marriage
At the age of 33, she married Edward Henry Green, member of a wealthy Vermont family. She made him renounce all rights to her money befor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cannes: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannes - History
From the Middle Ages until the early 19th century, Cannes was a small agricultural and fishing village. Beginning in the 1830s, foreign a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Indian Wars
In 1866 Custer was mustered out of the volunteer service, reduced to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned to the 7th U.S. Cavalry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Indian Wars
In 1866 Custer was mustered out of the volunteer service, reduced to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned to the 7th U.S. Cavalry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1944: Encyclopedia Ii - 1944 - Deaths
For more 1944 deaths see Category:1944 deaths 1944 - January-May. January 1 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862) January 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolphus Cambridge 1st Marquess Of Cambridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolphus Cambridge 1st Marquess Of Cambridge - Early Life
Adolphus was born on August 13, 1868 at Kensington Palace, London. His father was Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, the eldest son of Duke Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Louis Of Battenberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Louis Of Battenberg - Naval Career
In 1868, at the age of fourteen, Prince Louis became a naturalized British subject and joined the Royal Navy. He began his career as a mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1942: Encyclopedia Ii - 1942 - Deaths
1942 - January. January 6 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b. 1876) January 14 - Porfirio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Duke Of Saxe-coburg And Gotha: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Duke Of Saxe-coburg And Gotha - Command Assignments
While still in command of the Galatea, the Duke of Edinburgh started from Plymouth on January 24, 1867 for his voyage round the world. On...   » Read the article