Excerpt from The 19th Century Almanac: A Complete Calendar From 1800 to 1900, With the Principal Events in Each Expired Year; Useful for the Banker, Merchant, Lawyer, and Everybody Who Wants to Know About the Time That Was, the Time That Is, the Time That Is to Come As a work Of reference it is not confined to the professional or business man, but Will be found useful to every one, since dates are Of marked interest both for private reasons and in family affairs. As a condensed chronicle Of important events this book will prove to be interest ing, and at a glance may be seen the occur renees Of the past years that had the most influence at the time, and left their impress on the future, and thus it is the history of the century in brief. The Calendars commence with 1800, although the century really begins with 1801. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.