Feb 1861: The Confederate States of America are formed.
Nov 1861: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America
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1862
1862: Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) extemporises the story that becomes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for 10-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters, on a rowing boat trip on The Isis, from Oxford to Godstow.
1862: Anna Leonowens accepts an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, king of Siam.
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1863
1863: The first section of the London Underground Railway (Paddington to Farringdon Street) opens
1863: Adam Opel founds Opel AG.
1863: Sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross.
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1864
1864: The first fish and chips shop opens in London
1864: First Geneva Convention: The International Red Cross is founded
1861 - 1864 (3 years)
