People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
1871
1871 · Exploration
Stanley Meets Livingstone at Ujiji
November 10, 18711868
1868 · Politics
Prince Mihailo is assassinated near Belgrade
June 10, 18681863
1863 · Politics
Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address
November 19, 18631862
1862 · Politics
Romanian prime minister Barbu Catargiu is assassinated
June 20, 18621860
1860 · Politics
Abraham Lincoln Is Elected President in a Four-Way Race
November 6, 18601859
1859 · Science
Darwin Publishes On the Origin of Species
November 24, 18591859
1859 · Politics
John Brown’s Raid Begins at Harpers Ferry
October 16, 18591858
1858 · Politics
Napoleon III survives the Orsini attack
January 14, 18581853
1853 · History
New York opens the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
July 14, 18531838
1838 · War & Conflict
Settlers murder Aboriginal people at Myall Creek
June 10, 18381831
1831 · Science
Darwin Sails on HMS Beagle
December 27, 18311831
1831 · Politics