British Columbia settled British Columbia settled
with Great Britain. with U. S. A.

1846-7. Mexican War. 1846-7. Irish famine.

1847-8. Lincoln in Congress.

1848. Gold discovery in 1848. Revolution in France and
California. in many parts of Europe.

1850. Clay's compromise adopted. 1850. Constitution Act for
Death of Calham. Australian colonies.

1852. Deaths of Clay and Webster. 1852. Constitution Act for New
Zealand.

1854. Missouri Compromise 1854-5. Gold rush to Australia.
repealed.
Republican Party formed. Crimean War.

1854-6. Abolition of slavery in
various Portuguese
Dominions.

1856. Defeat of Fremont by
Buchanan.

1857. Dred Scott case. 1857-8. Indian Mutiny.

1858. Kansas. Lincoln-Douglas
debate.

1859. John Brown's raid. 1859. Publication of "Origin of
Species."

1859-60. Kingdom of Italy formed.

1860. Nov. Lincoln elected 1860. Slavery abolished in Dutch
President. East Indies.

Dec. Secession carried in
South Carolina.

1861. Feb. 4. Southern 1861. Emancipation of Russian
Confederacy formed. serfs.

Mar. 4. Lincoln inaugurated.

Ap. 12-14. Bombardment
of Fort Sumter.

Ap. War begins. Further
secessions.

July. First Battle of Bull
Run.

Dec. Claim of Great Britain
as to Trent accepted.

1862. Ap.-Aug. McClellan in 1862. _Alabama_ escapes from the
Peninsula. Mersey (July).

Ap. Shiloh.

May. Jackson in Shenandoah
Valley.

Aug.-Oct. Confederates in
Kentucky.

Aug. Second Battle of Bull
Run.

Sept. Antietam. Proclamation
of emancipation.

Nov. McClellan removed.

Dec. Fredericksburg.
Murfreesborough.

1863. Mar. 1. Con