Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland* is an 1865…
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22 September 1862
A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, was…
1 July 1862
The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum. The Russian State Library, located in Moscow, is one of the…
20 April 1862
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation. The theory of spontaneous generation was an early scientific hypothesis proposing…
12 July 1862
The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States…
16 February 1862
American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
16 January 1862
Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all…
24 January 1862
Bucharest becomes the capital of Romania. The 1859 ascendancy of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia under the nominal suzerainty of…