scription Act. 1863. Revolution in Poland.
Maximilian proclaimed Emperor
of Mexico.

May. Chancellorsville.
Jackson killed.

July. Gettysburg, Vicksburg.
New York riots.

Sept. Chickamauga.

Nov. Gettysburg speech.
Chattanooga.

1864. May. Beginning of Grant's 1864. Prussia and Austria invade
and Sherman's great Denmark.
campaigns.

1864. June. Cold Harbour.
Baltimore Convention.

July. Early's raid reaches
Washington.

Aug. Mobile. Chicago
Convention.

Sept. Sherman at Atlanta.
Sheridan in Shenandoah
Valley.

Nov. Lincoln re-elected
President.

Dec. Nashville. Sherman
at Savannah.

1865. Jan. Congress passes 13th
Amendment.

Feb. Further progress of
Sherman and Sheridan.

Mar. 4. Second inauguration
of Lincoln.

Ap. 2-9. Richmond falls,
and Lee surrenders.

Ap. 14-15. Lincoln
assassinated and dies.

Dec. 13. Amendment
ratified.

1866. Atlantic cable 1866. Atlantic cable successfully
successfully laid. laid.

War between Austria and
Prussia.

1867. British North America Act.
Slave children emancipated
in Brazil.
Fall and execution of
Maximilian in Mexico.

1868. Rise of acute disorder in 1868. Mikado resumes
"reconstructed" South. government in Japan.

1870. Amendment securing negro 1870. Papal infallibility.
suffrage. Franco-German War.

1872. _Alabama_ arbitration with 1872. _Alabama_ arbitration with
Great Britain. U. S. A.
Responsible Government in
Cape Colony.

1876. Admitted failure of