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- Walt
Whitman writes "Leaves of Grass."
- Taiping
Rebellion (1850-64) continues ravaging China,
costing 20 million lives.
- London
sewers are modernized after a cholera
outbreak.
- World
Exhibition is held in Paris.
Alexander
II (1818-1881)
Emperor of Russia (1855-1881)
Eldest son
of Nicholas I, Alexander was born April 17, 1818
and came to the throne in 1855, after the death of
his father. His reign was marked by important
reforms. He abolished serfdom and turned Russia's
sights from expansionism to internal affairs. In
1867, he sold Alaska to the United States. In
1877-78, he defeated the Ottoman Empire liberating
Bulgaria and reversing the conditions imposed after
Russia's defeat in the Crimean War.
On March 1,
1881, he was mortally wounded by a bomb thrown by a
student, I. Grinevitskii, a member of the
revolutionary organization "The National Will." The
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Blood was erected
on the site of the murder.
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