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American civil war

American civil war: 1860 - 1866  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Lincoln becomes the Republican presidential candidate, benefiting from a Democratic party split on the issue of slavery
American Revolution

American Revolution: 1754 - 1789  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Benjamin Franklin's chopped-up snake, urging union of the colonies with the caption 'Join or Die', is the first American political cartoon
American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War: 1775 - 1783  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
General Gage sends a detachment of British troops to seize weapons held by American Patriots at Concord
Cold war

Cold war: 1944 - 1990  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
November - Tito and his partisans, with Soviet assistance, liberate Belgrade
Crimean War

Crimean War: 1768 - 1856  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
A border incident at Balta, in the southern Ukraine, sparks a war between Russia and Turkey that will last six years
Crusades

Crusades: 1095 - 1303  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
Pope Urban II preaches the first crusade, urging the Christians of Europe to march east to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims
English Civil War

English Civil War: 1625 - 1661  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
The English parliament attempts to clip the wings of the new king, Charles I, by placing an annual limit on his power to raise taxes
First World War

First World War: c. 1895 - 1921  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
General Alfred von Schlieffen devises plans for a potential two-pronged attack against France and Russia in a swift war
French and Indian War

French and Indian War: 1749 - 1763  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France
French Revolution

French Revolution: 1785 - 1799  

Reference type:
Timeline
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
History, Military History
The French queen Marie Antoinette is wrongly implicated in a scandal involving a diamond necklace

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