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★16 Apr 1847
New Zealand Wars: A minor Māori chief was accidentally shot by a junior British Army officer in the Petre settlement of New Zealand's North Island, triggering the Wanganui Campaign.

★21 Jun 1851
Germen chess master Adolf Anderssen defeated Lionel Kieseritzky in the Immortal Game, using bold sacrificial play.

★09 Mar 1862
American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

★17 Sep 1862
American Civil War: Almost 23,000 total casualties were suffered at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where Confederate and Union troops fought to a tactical stalemate.

★22 Jul 1864
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

★05 Aug 1864
American Civil War: Rear Admiral David Farragut successfully led the Union fleet through a mine field to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay.

★01 Apr 1865
American Civil War: The Union Army inflicted over 1,000 casualties on the Confederates led by George Pickett and took between 2,400 and 4,000 prisoners in the Battle of Five Forks.

★01 Jul 1867
As per the British North America Act, the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada.

★18 Dec 1867
In Angola, New York, U.S., the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 ft down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

★28 Dec 1879
The Tay Rail Bridge, spanning the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the Wormit, collapsed during a violent storm while a train was passing over it, killing all on board.

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