The Newsboy's strike of 1899 in New York City.

The May 31, 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood. Also newsworthy upon hindsight, this disaster was the first major test for Clara Barton's fledgling American Red Cross. August 4, 1892 - - the ax murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. Lizzie Borden was accused.[ Lizbeth's case went to full trial in 1893; she was acquitted ] 1892, also - - Homestead Strike in Pittsburgh

The whole American Civil War 1861-65. Alaskan purchase was soon after (?). Custer's Last Stand 1876. The Suez Canal opened in 1869. Krakatoa erupted in the early 1880s. There were several regime changes and revolutions during that time, but I'm fuzzy on specifics: Spanish Revolution, England expanded in India and Africa, Mexico changed leaders several times, the Meiji empire was restored in Japan (leading to later rebellion and isolationism), Boxer Rebellion in China (may have been a bit later).

1869: The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed in 1869 between Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska (via Ogden, Utah and Sacramento, California) and Alameda, California. By linking with the existing railway network of the Eastern United States, the road thus connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail for the first time. Opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869, with the driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah, the road established a mechanized transcontinental transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West.

the civil war as a whole

On Good Friday, April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln became the 1st American president to be assassinated

The Gettysburg cemetery dedication and Lincoln's address, 1863... The great blizzard of 1888... The assassination of Presidents Lincoln (1865) and Garfield (1880)...

The 'Charge of The Light Brigade' at the battle of Balaclava 25th October 1854.

11 October 1899 ... 2nd Boer War begins ...

April and August 1898 - Spanish / American war (I think we started it and blamed it on them or something).

1906 The San Fransisco Earthquake:)

Mass emigration due to the Irish potato famine, @1847-1852

1851: The Great Exhibition in London was the world's 1851–60s: Victorian gold rush in Australia 1854–56: Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia 1855: Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced. 1856: World's first oil refinery in Romania 1859: Darwin's The Origin of Species published. 1861–65: American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy 1861: Russia abolishes serfdom. 1863: Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864. 1865: Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1865-April 15, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords theater, Washington, D.C.. 1866: Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858. 1867: The United States purchased Alaska from Russia. 1867: Canadian Confederation formed. 1867: Principality of Serbia passes the Constitution which defines its independent from Ottoman Empire. International recognition followed in 1878. 1869: First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States. 1869: The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. 1871-1872: Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million. 1871-1914: Second Industrial Revolution 1870s-90s: Long Depression in Western Europe and North America 1872: Yellowstone National Park is created. 1875-1900: 26 million Indians perished in India due to famine. 1876-1879: 13 million Chinese died of famine in northern China. 1877: Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike. 1877-78: The Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous. 1878: First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. 1880-1881: the First Boer War. 1881: First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain. 1883: Krakatoa volcano explosion. 1884-85: The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa". Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves. 1884-85: The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina. 1885: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson is published. 1888 (August): Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering. 1888 (November): Jack The ripper is believed to have murdered his last victim. 1888: Slavery banned in Brazil. 1889: End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic 1894-95: After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea. 1895-1896: Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo–Ethiopian War. 1896: Olympic games revived in Athens. 1896: Klondike Gold Rush in Canada. 1898: The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. 1899: Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).