What happened in 1862?
Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg and Second Battle of Bull Run — among 488 events recorded in 1862.
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Wars & Conflicts 162
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Battle of Antietam
1862 major battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Fredericksburg
1862 major battle of the American Civil War
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Second Battle of Bull Run
1862 major battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Puebla
1862 part of the French intervention in Mexico
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Battle of Shiloh
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Hampton Roads
1862 pivotal battle in the history of naval warfare
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Seven Days Battles
One week battle lasting from June 25, to July 1, 1861
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Dakota War of 1862
1862 armed conflict between the United States and eastern Dakota people
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Battle of Seven Pines
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Fort Donelson
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Peninsula Campaign
1862 Union campaign in the American Civil War
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Shenandoah Valley Campaign
1862 campaign in the American Civil War
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Battle of Fort Henry
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Stones River
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of South Mountain
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Perryville
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Pea Ridge
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Malvern Hill
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Siege of Corinth
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Williamsburg
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Glorieta Pass
1862 battle in the American Civil War
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Battle of Harpers Ferry
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Siege of Yorktown
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Kernstown
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Capture of New Orleans
1862 event of the American Civil War
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Battle of Chantilly
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Civil War battle wherein five Union Navy warships steamed up the James River to test the defenses of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital
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First Battle of Winchester
1862 American Civil War engagement in Virginia
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Battle of Shepherdstown
American Civil War battle
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Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Valverde
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Gaines's Mill
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Prairie Grove
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of McDowell
Battle of the American Civil War
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Second Battle of Corinth
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Port Republic
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of White Oak Swamp
1862 battle in the American Civil War
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Battle of Richmond
Battle in Kentucky during American Civil War (1862)
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Battle of Glendale
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Hanover Court House
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Front Royal
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Island Number Ten
1862 battle
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Battle of Oak Grove
1862 battle
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Siege of Fort Macon
1862 siege during the American Civil War
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Battle of Munfordville
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Roanoke Island
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Aspromonte
1862 battle in Italy
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Manassas Station Operations
1862 battle
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New Mexico Campaign
1862 military operation of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Newtonia
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Eltham's Landing
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cross Keys
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Rappahannock Station
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Iuka
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Chattanooga
Minor battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
Battle on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County
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Battle of Barranca Seca
1862 battle in Mexico
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Battles of New Ulm
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Atlixco
1862 battle
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First Battle of Murfreesboro
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of James Island
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Wood Lake
Battle of the Dakota War of 1862
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Battle of New Bern
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Savage's Station
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Baton Rouge
1862 battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
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Battle of Fort Pulaski
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Independence
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of South Mills
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Mill Springs
1862 battle fought in Wayne and Pulaski counties during the American Civil War
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Battle of Hartsville
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Elizabeth City
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cane Hill
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Crampton's Gap
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Fort Ridgely
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Fortín
1862 battle
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Battle of Lone Jack
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cockpit Point
1862 battle
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Battle of Goldsboro Bridge
1862 battle
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Battle of Kinston
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Hatchie Bridge
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Tranter's Creek
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Sabine Pass
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Donaldsonville
Battle in the American Civil War that took place on August 9, 1862 at Donaldsonville, Louisiana
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Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Hancock
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of White Hall
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Capture of Vinh Long
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Battle of Kirksville
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Middle Creek
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Parker's Cross Roads
Battle of the American Civil War located in Tennessee
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Battle of Las Cumbres
1862 battle
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Battle of Cixi
1862 battle of the Taiping Rebellion
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Battle of Birch Coulee
30-hour siege during Dakota War of 1862
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Battle of Corpus Christi
Battle fought during the American Civil War
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Battle of the Cumberland Gap
1862 capture of the Cumberland Gap
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Battle of Plum Point Bend
Naval battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Picacho Pass
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cerro del Borrego
1862 battle in Mexico
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Battle of Lower Sioux Agency
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Zeitun Resistance
Battles involving Armenian National movement
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Battle of Saint John's Bluff
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Peralta
Minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign
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Battle of Stanwix Station
1862 battle
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Battle of Charleston
1862 battle in the American Civil War
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Battle of Old Fort Wayne
American Civil War battle
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Battle of Albuquerque
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Moore's Mill
Battle of the American Civil War
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Second Battle of Mesilla
1862 battle in Mesilla
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Battle of Good's Farm
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Apache Pass
1862 battle of the Apache Wars
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Defense of Cincinnati
Part of the American Civil War
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Battle of Pocotaligo
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Van Buren raid
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Unison
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Mile Hill
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Joint Expedition Against Franklin
1862 also known as the Battle of Crumpler's Bluff
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Battle of Coffeeville
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Redwood Ferry
Ambush on first day of 1862 Dakota uprising
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Battle of Tampa
1862 minor engagement of the American Civil War
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Battle of Lewisburg
Battle which occurred in the American Civil War on 23 May 1862
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Battle of Saint Charles
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Skirmish at Island Mound
1862 American Civil War skirmish
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Battle of Georgia Landing
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Roan's Tan Yard
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Clark's Mill
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cotton Plant
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Jackson, Tennessee
Minor battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Booneville
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Compton's Ferry
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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First Battle of Pocotaligo
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Lebanon
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Princeton Court House
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Whitney's Lane
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Second Battle of Dragoon Springs
Part of the Apache Wars (1862)
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Siege of Bridgeport
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Capture of Tucson
1862 Union capture of Tucson during the American Civil War
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First Battle of Dragoon Springs
Part of the Apache Wars (1862)
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Battle of the Brick Church
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Fight at Waterford
Battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of St. Charles
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Battle of Acton
1862 battle between the United States Army and the Santee-Sioux
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First Battle of Memphis
1862 naval battle of the American Civil War
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Transvaal Civil War
Series of skirmishes in the South African Republic (Transvaal) in the early 1860s
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Battle of Galveston Harbor
1862 battle of the American Civil War
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Fort Sumner
historic fort in New Mexico, USA
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Fort Negley
army fort in Nashville, TN
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Fort Douglas
former fort in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Fort Ruby
fort in Nevada
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Fort Halleck
fort in Wyoming
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Fort Granger
fort in Tennessee
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Fort McCulloch
fort in Oklahoma
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Battery White
Civil War artillery fortification in South Carolina, USA
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"A" Fort and Battery Hill Redoubt-Camp Early
historic American Civil War military facility
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Vicksburg Campaign
Military campaign during the American Civil War
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Northern Virginia Campaign
1862 series of battles fought in Virginia during the American Civil War
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Maryland Campaign
Also known as the Antietam Campaign, an American Civil War invasion
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Great Locomotive Chase
1862 Raid during the American Civil War
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Confederate Heartland Offensive
1862 military campaign during the American Civil War
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Bombardment of Belgrade
1862 Ottoman military action in Serbian capital
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Politics & Government 2
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treaty of Saigon
1862 treaty between Vietnam and France
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Treaty of Dappes
1862 treaty between France and Switzerland
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People 110
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Samuel Colt died
19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)
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Jean-Baptiste Biot died
French scientist (1774-1862)
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James Clark Ross died
British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)
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Edme-François Jomard died
French cartographer, engineer and archaeologist (1777–1862)
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Mikhail Ostrogradsky died
Ukrainian mathematician (1801–1861)
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John Bird Sumner died
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Chester; British Anglican bishop (1780-1862)
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Johann Nestroy died
Austrian playwright, actor and singer (1801–1862)
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James Walker died
Civil engineer from Scotland (1781-1862)
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Peter Barlow died
British mathematician and physicist
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Matthias Numsen Blytt died
Norwegian botanist (1789–1862)
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Simon Fraser died
Scottish fur trader and an explorer in British Columbia (1776-1862)
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Willem Hendrik de Vriese died
Dutch botanist (1806–1862)
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Joseph Wolff died
Jewish Christian missionary
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Frederick W. Lander died
Union Army general (1821–1862)
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Edmund March Blunt died
American navigator and publisher
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Joachim Steetz died
German botanist (1804-1862)
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Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach died
German nobleman
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Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker died
German astronomer
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Theodor Bilharz died
German physician (1825–1862)
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Joseph Adhemar died
French mathematician
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Francesco Carlini died
Astronomer and mathematician from Italy
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John Curtis died
English entomologist and illustrator (1791–1862)
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Frederick William Hope died
English entomologist (1797-1862)
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Isaac Babbitt died
American goldsmith (1799-1862)
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Thomas Stewart Traill died
Scottish physician, chemist, mineralogist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar
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Georg Theodor Chiewitz died
Swedish architect (1815-1862)
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Karl Kreil died
Austrian meteorologist and astronomer (1798-1862)
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Henri Hureau de Sénarmont died
Professor of mineralogy, School of Mines, Paris (1808–1862)
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Olry Terquem died
French mathematician (1782–1862)
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Charles Tillinghast James died
American politician
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Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg died
German physicist (1787-1862)
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Charles Bernard Desormes died
French chemist
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Gustaf Erik Hasch died
Swedish chemist
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Ormsby M. Mitchel died
American Union Army general (1805–1862)
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Louis Alfred Becquerel died
French physicist and medical researcher (1814–1862)
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Charles Ellet, Jr. died
American civil engineer
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Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon died
Swiss botanist (1792-1862)
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James Bowman Lindsay died
British inventor (1799-1862)
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James Elmes died
English writer and architect
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Johnson K. Duncan died
Confederate General, former United States Army officer
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Bartolomeo Bizio died
Italian chemist (1791–1862)
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Michał Hłuszniewicz died
Russian astronomer (1797–1862)
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William Wilson died
British mechanical engineer and first engine driver on the first German railway (1809-1862)
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Charles Mackenzie died
Anglican bishop
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William Kennish died
Manx writer (1799–1862)
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Paul de la Gironière died
French traveler
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William L. Hudson died
US Navy officer (1794–1862)
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Thomas A. Budd died
United States Naval officer
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Mollanepes died
Turkmen writer
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Franciszek Mirecki died
Polish conductor and composer (1791–1862)
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Judith Cohen died
British travel writer and philanthropist
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James Sheridan Knowles died
Irish dramatist (1784-1862)
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Bocage died
French actor (1799–1862)
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Charlotta Eriksson died
Swedish actor, painter, instructor, and principal
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John Drew died
Irish-American actor and theatre manager (1827-1862)
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José Escolástico Andrino died
Salvadoran composer and politician (1817-1862)
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Pierre Deland died
American Model (1805–1862)
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Edwin Pearce Christy died
American entertainer (1815-1862)
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Subbaraya Sastri died
Indian composer (1803–1862)
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Jacobine Gjertz died
Norwegian pianist
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Clara Stich died
German stage actress and singer
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Friedrich Ruthardt died
German musician (1802–1862)
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Sergey Vasilyev died
Russian actor (1827-1862)
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Johann Michael Weinkopf died
Austrian opera singer
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James McClellan Boal died
American artist and politician
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Sir William Don, 7th Baronet died
British actor (1825–1862)
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Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun died
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1820–1862)
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Jean Prosper Guivier died
French musician
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Abraham Nordheimer died
Canadian musician
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David Hilbert born
Born in Kaliningrad. German mathematician (1862–1943).
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Maurice Maeterlinck born
Born in Ghent. Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949).
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Gerhart Hauptmann born
Born in Szczawno-Zdrój. German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946).
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O. Henry born
Born in Greensboro. American short story writer (1862–1910).
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Edith Wharton born
Born in New York City. American writer and designer (1862–1937).
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Arthur Schnitzler born
Born in Vienna. Austrian writer (1862–1931).
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Aristide Briand born
Born in Nantes. Politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France (1862-1932).
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Pyotr Stolypin born
Born in Dresden. Russian politician (1862–1911).
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Siegbert Tarrasch born
Born in Wrocław. German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934).
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Maurice Barrès born
Born in Charmes. French novelist (1862-1923).
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Nicholas Murray Butler born
Born in Elizabeth. American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947).
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Emilio Salgari born
Born in Verona. Italian writer (1862–1911).
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Louis Barthou born
Born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. French politician (1862-1934).
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Nikolai Yudenich born
Born in Moscow. Russian general.
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Mori Ōgai born
Born in Tsuwano. Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922).
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Mikhail Nesterov born
Born in Ufa. Russian artist (1862-1942).
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Henri Pirenne born
Born in Verviers. Belgian historian (1862-1935).
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Edvard Westermarck born
Born in Helsinki. Finnish academic (1862–1939).
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Prince Henry of Prussia born
Born in Berlin. Member of the House of Hohenzollern (1862–1929).
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M. R. James born
Born in Dover. 20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost (1862–1936).
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Arvid Lindman born
Born in Österby. Swedish 20th century prime minister (1862-1936).
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Oswald Külpe born
Born in Kandava. German philosopher (1862-1915).
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Nigâr Hanım born
Born in Istanbul. Ottoman poet of Hungarian origin (1862–1918).
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Edward Granville Browne born
Born in Stouts Hill. British Iranologist (1862–1926).
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Antoni Lange born
Born in Warsaw. Polish writer and philosopher (1862–1929).
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Marcel Prévost born
Born in Paris. French writer (1862-1941).
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Friedrich Meinecke born
Born in Salzwedel. German historian and philosopher of history (1862-1954).
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João do Canto e Castro born
Born in Lisbon. President of Portugal (1862-1934).
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Damrong Rajanubhab born
Born in Bangkok. Prince of Siam (1862-1943).
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Henry McMahon born
Born in Shimla. British military officer, colonial official and diplomat (1862–1949).
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John R. Commons born
Born in Darke County. American economist and historian (1862–1945).
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Émile Mâle born
Born in Commentry. French art historian (1862-1954).
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Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy born
Born in Middlesex. British Army officer & 12th Governor-General of Canada (1862-1935).
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Christopher Cradock born
Born in Yorkshire. Royal Navy admiral (1862-1914).
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David George Hogarth born
Born in Barton-upon-Humber. British archaeologist (1862-1927).
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Alexander Amfiteatrov born
Born in Kaluga. Russian writer and historian (1862–1938).
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Cecilio Báez born
Born in Asunción. President of Paraguay (1862-1941).
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Bahadur Shah Zafar died
Died in Yangon. 18th and last Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857.
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Victoria of Baden born
Born in Karlsruhe. Queen consort of Sweden (1907-1930).
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Eliakim Hastings Moore born
Born in Marietta. American mathematician (1862–1932).
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Marie Henri Andoyer born
Born in Paris. Astronomer and mathematician (1862–1929).
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Science & Technology 13
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Christchurch Hospital
Hospital in New Zealand
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Schweizerisches Idiotikon
Project to document and provide a dictionary of Swiss German dialects
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Ontario Veterinary College
Oldest veterinary school in Canada
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Instituto Arqueológico, Histórico e Geográfico Pernambucano
Research institute in Pernambuco, Brazil
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Howard University Hospital
Teaching hospital of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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Satterlee General Hospital
Former hospital in Pennsylvania, United States
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Royal Columbian Hospital
Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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Birmingham Children's Hospital
Hospital located in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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University of Southampton
Research university located in Southampton, United Kingdom
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University of South Dakota
Public research university located in Vermillion, South Dakota, USA
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University of Liberia
National university in Liberia
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Hope College
Liberal arts college in Michigan
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Lincoln Bishop University
Public university in Lincoln, England
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Exploration & Discovery 6
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Bear River Massacre Site
archaeological site in Idaho, United States of America
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Fort Hill
place in Kentucky listed on National Register of Historic Places
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Fort Scammon
building in West Virginia, United States
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Lee's Mill Earthworks
archaeological site in Virginia, United States
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Whitaker's Mill Archeological Complex
archaeological site in York County, Virginia
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Washakie Station Site
archaeological site in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States
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Religion & Belief Systems 54
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St Joseph's Church, Stockport
Church building in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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New Cathedral, Linz
Cathedral in Linz, Austria
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Tempel Synagogue
Synagogue in Kraków, Poland
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St. John's Cathedral
Cathedral in İzmir, Turkey
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Synagogue in Staryi Sambir
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Buynaksk Synagogue
Synagogue in Buynaksk, Dagestan, Russia
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Synagogue de Thann
Synagogue located in Haut-Rhin, in France
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Aziziye Mosque, Bosanski Kostajnica
Mosque
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El-Zituna Mosque
Mosque in Acre, Israel
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Akko El Shazliya Mosque
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Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie
Building in Berceto, Italy
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Madonna della Stella
Building of Catholic worship located in the town of Montefalco ( PG )
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St Volodymyr's Cathedral
Orthodox Christian cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens
Church building in Athens, Attica Region, Greece
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Agios Minas Cathedral
Church building in Heraklion Municipality, Crete Region, Greece
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Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Church in Jerusalem
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St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo
Church in New York, United States
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Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Aracaju
Cathedral in Aracaju, Brazil
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Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Light, Mindelo
Building in Cape Verde
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Church of the Holy Mother of God, Boboshevo
Church in Kyustendil, Bulgaria
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Saint Alexander Nevsky Church
Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Nizhny Tagil, Russia
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Tam Kung Temple
Chinese temple in Macau, China
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Saints James and Philip Church
Parish church building in Cornaredo, Italy
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temple de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Meeting house located in Yvelines, in France
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église réformée de La Rencontre
Church located in Paris, in France
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First Methodist Church
Church located at 304 Third Street, Aurora, Indiana
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Moor Park Methodist Church
Church in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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temple of Maguelone Street
Protestant church building of Montpellier, France
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Malange
Building in Angola
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Village church Bochow
Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany
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Sint-Jozefkerk
Church in Antwerp, Belgium
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South Chapel
Chapel in Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Temple Beth Or (Catoma Street, Montgomery Alabama)
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temple protestant du Havre
Church located in Seine-Maritime, in France
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First Congregational Church of Zumbrota
church building in Zumbrota, United States of America
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First Congregational Church
church in Vermontville, Michigan
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Grace Episcopal Church
church building in The Bronx, United States of America
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New Providence Presbyterian Church
church building in Kentucky, United States of America
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Church of Regina Coeli
church in New York, USA
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Christ Lutheran Church
church in Ellenville, New York
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First Presbyterian Church
church building in Columbus, United States of America
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First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon
church building in Michigan, United States of America
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First Congregational Church, Former
church building in Maine, United States of America
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Tredegarville Baptist Church
Grade II listed building in City and County of Cardiff, situated at the junction of The Parade with East Grove
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Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in Závada
Chapel in Czech Republic
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Max-Emanuel-Kapelle
Chapel in Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
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Lazaristenkirche, Vienna
Church building in Neubau, Austria
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Henjō-in Temple
Temple in Sumida-ku, Tokyo
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St. George roman catholic parish church
Church building in Bünzen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland
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St Ann's, Stretford
Grade II listed catholic church in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Church of St Wilfrid
Catholic church in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Swjaty křiž na polu pola Wěteńcy
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Villa / Rectory (1862)
Residential building on Lyssachstrasse in Burgdorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Pusula rectory
Former rectory in Pusula, Finland
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Economy & Trade 55
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Bacardi
Largest privately held, family-owned spirits company with Cuban origins
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Poșta Română
Postal service company in Romania
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Poste Italiane
Italian postal company
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1862 International Exhibition
World's Fair held in London
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Lindex Group
Finnish listed company
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Ladurée
French chain of high-end pastry shops
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National Oilwell Varco
Oilfield services company
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Pfaff
German manufacturer of sewing machines
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Standard Bank
One of South Africa's largest financial services groups
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Mammut
Swiss mountaineering, climbing, snow sports and trailrunning company
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dormakaba Holding AG
Swiss global security group manufacturing locks, keys, and access control systems.
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Julius Meinl
Austrian coffee and food company
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The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited
Company in Hong Kong
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Tikkurila
Finnish business
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Baldwin Piano Company
American company
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FAO Schwarz
American toy brand and store
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The Ghost Club
Paranormal investigation organization
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Rhum Barbancourt
Alcohol manufacturer
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John Hancock Insurance
American insurance company
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Cyma Watches
Company
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Suomen Yhdyspankki
Former Finnish commercial bank
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IMI plc
British company
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Tekel
Turkish tobacco and alcoholic beverages company
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Cloetta
Swedish company
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Gruner AG
Company
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Società Generale Immobiliare
Defunct Italian real estate and construction company
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John Fowler & Co.
Manufacturers of traction engines, agricultural equipment and railway locomotives
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Allders
Company
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Société genevoise d'Instruments de Physique
Defunct company making scientific instruments in Geneva
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Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali
Italian finance company
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Stahlwille
German engineering company and manufacturer of hand tools
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Bank of London and South America
British bank in South America
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Lee & Shepard
Publishing and bookselling firm in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Badel 1862
Croatian alcoholic beverages company
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Nuova Cassa di Risparmio di Chieti
Italian bank
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Union Bank of Switzerland
Large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland
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Aerated Bread Company
Once-famous British bakery and tea-room chain
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Greenlee
American tool company
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Hoare Lea
Company in Bristol, United Kingdom
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Société des forges de Châtillon-Commentry-Neuves-Maisons
Business
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Charles D. Kaier Company
US business
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Clouth Gummiwerke
Trademark
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Rohde Shoes
Company
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Ecumen
American non-profit senior housing and services company
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Indian Branch Railway Company
Railway company in India
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Heublein
American alcohol and food distributor
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Renown Health
Not-for-profit healthcare network in Nevada
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Tabbah
Tabbah is a bespoke jewelery company founded in 1862.
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Simon Chorley Art & Antiques
British company
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Richelieu Foods
American food manufacturing company
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Musselburgh and Fisherrow Co-operative Society
Business in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
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1862 visit by Isabella II of Spain to Málaga
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1862 visit by Isabella II of Spain to Jaén
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1862 visit by Isabella II of Spain to Almería
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1862 visit by Isabella II of Spain to Córdoba
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Disasters & Pandemics 3
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Hartley Colliery Disaster
1862 mining disaster which resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children, and led to safety legislation
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Sakashitamon Incident
Unsuccessful assassination of Andō Nobumasa in 1862 in Edo
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Čukur Fountain incident
1862 conflict in Belgrade
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Dungan revolt
Muslim minority revolt against Qing dynasty China
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Tai Chao-chuen incident
Rebellion in Taiwan during 1862 to 1864.
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1862 Brooklyn riot
1862 riot
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Architecture & Engineering 72
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Marktkirche
Church building in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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St. John's Church in Tallinn
Church building in Tallinn, Estonia
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Charles' Church
Church building in Tallinn, Estonia
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Kristus Konungens katolska församling
Catholic congregation in Gothenburg, Sweden
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Natività di Gesù
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Ullsfjord Church
Church in Tromsø, Norway
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Alböke Church
Church building in Borgholm Municipality, Sweden
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Brekke Church
Church building in Gulen, Norway
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Njurunda Church
Church building in Njurundabommen, Sverige
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Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church in Lithuania
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Greek Church and Greek School
Church building in Taganrog, Russia
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Hønefoss Church
Church building in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
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Narbuvoll Church
Church in Os, Innlandet, Norway
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Os Church
Church in Os, Innlandet, Norway
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Skåtøy Church
Church building in Kragerø, Eastern Norway
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Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
Grade I listed church in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Hemsjö Church
Church of Sweden church building in Hemsjö, Sweden
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Santa Giulia, Turin
Church in Turin, Italy
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Holy Cross Church and Convent
Church building in Wisconsin, United States of America
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St Mary's Church, Wythall
Church in Wythall, Worcestershire, England, UK
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Hastings Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in Minnesota, United States
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Valley Grove
Church building in Nerstrand, United States of America
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St Giles' Church, Normanton, Derby
Church in United Kingdom
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St Paul's Church
Church in the village of Hooton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Church of St Saviour
Church building in Harome, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Selsley Church, King's Stanley
Historic church in King's Stanley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Church of the Messiah, Birmingham
Church in Birmingham, UK
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Holy Cross Church, St Helens
Grade II listed church in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
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St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl
Church in Wales
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St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay
Church building in Toodyay, Western Australia
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Christ Church
Church in Reading, UK
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Church of St John the Divine, Frankby
Grade II listed church in Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
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Church of All Saints
Church in Denstone, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
Church building in Kansas, United States of America
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Christ Evangelical Church
Church building in Wisconsin, United States of America
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Fort Wingate
Fort near Gallup in McKinley County, New Mexico
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Rock Island Arsenal
Army post located on Arsenal Island on the Mississippi River
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Shangchan Temple
Buddhist temple in Anhui, China
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Yingjiang Temple
Building in Yingjiang District, China
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Fort Donelson
Confederate fort near Dover, Tennessee during the American Civil War
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Fort Bayard
Historic fort in Washington, D.C.
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Fort DeRussy
Historic fort in Louisiana, USA
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Fort Willard
Historical fort and park in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
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Millennium of Russia
Building of Veliky Novgorod, Russia
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Ross Fountain
Fountain in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Museo Casa de Cervantes
Cultural property in Valladolid, Spain
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Naval Cemetery, Pula
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General Jose de San Martin Memorial
Artwork by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
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Monument to Carlo Porta
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Alexandria National Cemetery
Civil War era war cemetery in Virginia
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Elijah the Prophet Church on Mount Tabor
Archaeological site in Israel
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CSS Georgia
American Civil War Confederate ironclad warship
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San Dionisio Church Ruins
historic ruins in Umatac, Guam
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Fort Totten
historic fort in Queens, New York City
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Danville National Cemetery
historic veterans cemetery in Boyle County, Kentucky
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Calvary Baptist Church
church in Washington, D.C., United States
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Glorieta Pass Battlefield
American Civil War site
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Point of Rocks Stage Station State Historic Site
state historic site in Wyoming
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Philadelphia National Cemetery
historic veterans cemetery in Pennsylvania
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Keokuk National Cemetery
veterans cemetery in Lee County, Iowa
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Mill Springs National Cemetery
place in Kentucky listed on National Register of Historic Places
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Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery
military cemetery in Arkansas, United States
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New Albany National Cemetery
historic veterans cemetery in Floyd County, Indiana
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West Martello Tower
historic fort in Key West, Florida, USA
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Thoroughfare Gap Battlefield
American Civil War battlefield
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O.J. Walker
shipwreck in Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont, United States
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Old Store at La Honda
Historical location in La Honda, California
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Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg
American Civil War historic location
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Winthrop Street Baptist Church
church building in Taunton, United States of America
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Fort Doss di Sponde
Building in Cadine, Italy
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Cape Palos Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Spain
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Chapel of St John the Baptist
Chapel in Hodkovice, Czech Republic
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Sports & Entertainment 7
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Théâtre du Châtelet
Theatre and opera house located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France
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Théâtre de la Ville
Theater building in Paris on the Place du Châtelet
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Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Opera house in Florence, Italy
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Theater Baden-Baden
Building in Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany
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Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique
Cultural space in Paris, France
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Theater Apollon
Building in Ermoupolis on the island of Syros, South Aegean, Greece
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London 1862 chess tournament
Chess tournament held in London in 1862
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Empires & Countries 1
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Omani Empire dissolved
Omani Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Muscat.
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