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Emancipation Proclamation is issued.
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polish nationalists revolt against Russian rule.
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Source of Nile River is found at Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda.
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Battle of Gettysburg takes place.
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Union takes Vicksburg.
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Grant is put in charge of all Union armies
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Archduke Maxmillian of Austria becomes emporer o Mexico.
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First International Workingmen's Association is established, and karl Marx becomes its leader.
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Lincoln is reelected.
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Union takes Richmond,
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox court House.
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Lincoln is assassinated.
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English officials arrest Fenian leaders of planned uprsing in Ireland.
