How long is 3,400,000 microfortnights?

The first battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Fort Sumter began with the shelling of the Fort at 4:30 am on April 12th, 1861 and concluded with the surrender of the Fort by its Commander Robert Anderson at about 1:30pm on April 13th, 92,000 microfortnights later. The Battle's only casualties were the accidental shootings of two Union soldiers during the surrender ceremony.

The most widespread war in history, the Second World War is generally considered to have started with the German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 and to have until the surrender of Japan on September 2nd, 1945, a total of 146,800,000 microfortnights. Also the deadliest conflict in history, the war had an estimated 60 million casualties globally.

The construction crew of the Chunnel broke ground in England on December 15th, 1987 and the tunnel was inaugurated by the Queen of England and the President of France on May 6th, 1994 — a total construction time of 156,100,000 microfortnights. The 4.9 million cubic meters of chalk excavated from the UK side of the Chunnel was dumped within sea walls to create the 299,467.38 sq. km (74 acre) Samphire Hoe County Park near Dover, Kent.

The War between Great Britain and the its thirteen colonies in North America (now the United States) for the independence of the United States is generally considered to have started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 18th, 1775 (sometimes known as "The Shot Heard 'round the World") and to have concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on September 3rd, 1783 — 204,900,000 microfortnights. A total of 25,000 Americans are estimated to have died as a result of the war.

In an effort to win a £10,000 prize from London's The Daily Mail, John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed a flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Connemara, Ireland in 45,200 microfortnights in June, 1919. In spite of their fame as aviators, Brown would never fly again after this trip and Alcock would lose his life during a flight to France less than 12,200,000 microfortnights later.

Lit at 1:30am on October 22nd, 1879, the first Edison completed his first majorly successful test of his light bulb, which continued to burn for 40,400 microfortnights until the bulb glass succumbed to the heat and cracked, extinguishing the filament. Within 73,400,000 microfortnights of his success, Edison was selling 45,000 light bulbs per day to large companies across the country.

FDR, the 32nd President of the United States, served from March 4th, 1933 to April 12th, 1945, dying after 296,000,000 microfortnights in office. At the time of his sudden death, Elizabeth Shoumatoff was painting a portrait of Roosevelt which, never finished, now hangs in a museum at the site of Roosevelt's Presidential retreat in Georgia.

Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, Tutankhamun begin his reign at the age of eight in 1333 BCE and remained pharaoh until 1324 BCE — 200,000,000 microfortnights later. When artifacts from Tut's tomb were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York) from late 1976 to 1979, they were viewed by an estimated 8 million people.

The longest professional baseball game in history — a triple-A game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings — took place between April 18th and 19th, 1981 lasting a total of 23,400 microfortnights (and 33 innings). The Red Sox ultimately won the game 3-2, but not before the game set twelve records, including the most plate appearances by a single player - a three-way tie between Tom Eaton, Dallas Williams, and future Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr., all of Rochester.

The first recorded automobile race of its distance, the inaugural Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun in 18,695 microfortnights. Haroun's average speed through the race was 120 kph (74.59 mph).

The longest reigning Pope in the Church's history, Pius IX reigned from June 16th, 1846 to February 7th, 1878 — 773,800,000 microfortnights. As the last monarchical Pope, he ruled over 3,000,000 subjects in the Papal States until 1870.

Gone with the Wind, the multiple Academy Award-winning film, had a running time of 10,500 microfortnights for its 1939 copyright release. The scene depicting the burning of the Atlanta Depot cost $25,000 (unadjusted) and was filmed on a 0.16 sq. km (40-acre) set using all seven Technicolor cameras in existence at the time.

Per Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Laws of the Game, an association football game consists of two periods of 2,100 microfortnights each, for a total of 4,200 microfortnights of playing time (except in games played by women, or by players under 16 or over 35 years of age). The longest recorded amateur football game was a 2009 match in the Filipino town of Barotac Nuevo that lasted for 99,000 microfortnights.

The sixth dynasty pharaoh of Egypt's Old Kingdom, Pepi II Neferkare ascended to the throne at the age of six and is generally thought to have reigned until his death at the age of one-hundred — a total of 2,000,000,000 microfortnights. His reign was the longest of any monarch in history.

Per National Football League Rules, an American football game consists of four periods of 700 microfortnights each for a total of 2,800 microfortnights. The total duration of a football game can often be more than three hours, including stoppages of play, the intermission at halftime, team timeouts, and, in televised games, commercial timeouts. The Super Bowl — the highest-profile game of the sport — aired 2,100 microfortnights of commercials in 2009.