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1862

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Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Years: 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 - 1862 - 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867

Events

Mexican army defeats the French army in the Battle of Puebla.
Otto von Bismarck becomes prime minister of Prussia
March 9 - first battle between two ironclad warships USS Monitor v CSS Virginia
Richard Jordan Gatling patents the Gatling gun.

Births

August 22 - Claude Debussy, French composer

Deaths

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