1721 events
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection…
The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of Native…
The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent
Aged 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a United States government commission for a…
The International Telecommunication Union, which standardizes and regulates international radio and telecommunications,
American Civil War: General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of his army, the only significant Confederate Ar
Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American Civil War to surrender to Union forces
American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison S
Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U
Second Schleswig War: The Battle of Heligoland (depicted), the last naval engagement fought by squadrons of wooden ships
American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Un
American Civil War: The inconclusive Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia ended with combined Union and Confed
New Zealand Wars: A British victory against the Māori King Movement brought the Tauranga campaign to an end
American Civil War: General Sherman's frontal assault against the Confederate Army of Tennessee failed, but did not stop
American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.