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1 day ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States, who served from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
- Ulysses S. Grant and The American Civil War
Background. Ulysses S. Grant began his military career as a...
- Frederick Dent Grant
Frederick Dent Grant at a Military Tournament, Toledo, Ohio,...
- Julia Grant
1885 picture of Ulysses Grant and Julia Dent with their...
- Horsemanship
Ulysses S. Grant astride Cincinnati. The horsemanship of...
- Whiskey Ring
Political cartoon by Thomas Nast, March 1876. The Whiskey...
- Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər f ər d /; October 4,...
- Arrest
Grant and Robert E. Bonner racing in a carriage in New York,...
- Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax (/ ˈ s k aɪ l ər ˈ k oʊ l f æ k s / SKY-lər...
- Ulysses S. Grant and The American Civil War
1 day ago · This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1885. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ).
2 days ago · George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862. He was also an engineer, and was chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad ...
- 1846–1857, 1861–1864
- Major General
1 day ago · The Indian National Congress ( INC ), colloquially the Congress Party or simply the Congress, is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. [a] [30] From the late 19th century, and especially ...
- 28 December 1885 (137 years ago)
5 days ago · Between 1850 and 1930, about 5 million Germans migrated to the United States, which peaked between 1881 and 1885, when a million Germans settled, primarily in the American Midwest. Between 1820 and 1930, 3.5 million British and 4.5 million Irish entered America. Before 1845, most Irish immigrants had been Protestants.
4 days ago · Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach (born Sept. 1, 1858, Vienna—died Aug. 4, 1929, Treibach, Austria) was an Austrian chemist and engineer who invented the gas mantle, thus allowing the greatly increased output of light by gas lamps. In 1885 Welsbach discovered and isolated the elements neodymium and praseodymium from a mixture called didymium ...
1 day ago · Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi) Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. As such, he came to be considered the father of his country.
