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Answer
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1801
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The United Kingdom is formed as Great Britain joins into union with this country
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Ireland
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1802
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This popular piano sonata is published by Beethoven
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Moonlight Sonata
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1803
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The United States more than doubles in size after this agreement with France
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Louisiana Purchase
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1804
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This nation declares independence and becomes the world's first black republic
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Haiti
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1805
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Muhammad Ali begins his reign in this country
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Egypt
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1806
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This abdication of Francis II leads to the dissolution of this empire
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Holy Roman Empire
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1807
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France and Spain invade this country
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Portugal
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1808
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This famous mariner and governor of New South Wales is overthrown in the Rum Rebellion
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William Bligh
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1809
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This notorious prison opens in England
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Dartmoor Prison
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1810
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This archipelago is united as a single kingdom for the first time
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Hawaii
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1811
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The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 maps out the future of this city
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Manhattan
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1812
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This British Prime Minister is assassinated in the House of Commons
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Spencer Perceval
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1813
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This Native American Shawnee warrior chief is killed at the Battle of the Thames
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Tecumseh
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1814
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This country is ceded from Denmark to Sweden in the Treaty of Kiel
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Norway
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1815
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Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to this island
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Saint Helen
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1816
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An English teenager begins writing this classic horror novel
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Frankenstein
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1817
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These marble sculptures, removed from the Parthenon, are displayed in the London Museum
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Elgin Marbles
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1818
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French painter Théodore Géricault begins his masterpiece, The Raft of the ______
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Medusa
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1819
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Stamford Raffles establishes this city in Asia
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Singapore
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1820
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This whaling ship is struck and sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean
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Essex
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1821
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Romantic poet John Keats dies in Rome of this disease
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Tuberculosis
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1822
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The first freed American slaves arrive in this African colony
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Liberia
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1823
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This medical journal is founded in London
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The Lancet
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1824
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This Latin name officially replaces the name 'New Holland'
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Australia
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1825
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This major canal opens in North America
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Erie Canal
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1826
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This newspaper begins publication in Paris
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Le Figaro
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1827
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This composer dies during a thunderstorm in Vienna
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Beethoven
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1828
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The first Native American newspaper is published in this language
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Cherokee
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1829
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The first modern police service is founded in London by this politician
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Robert Peel
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1830
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This sect of Christianity is formally established
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Mormonism
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1831
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This Latin American republic founded by Simon Bolivar is dissolved into smaller successor states
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Gran Colombia
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1832
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The Treaty of London formalises the independence of this country from the Ottoman Empire
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Greece
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1833
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The British Empire bans this practice
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Slavery
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1834
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This London monument is destroyed in a fire
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Palace of Westminster
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1835
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Charles Darwin arrives at these volcanic islands aboard HMS Beagle
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Galapagos
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1836
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This military officer is elected the first president of the Republic of Texas
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Sam Houston
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1837
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Samuel Morse files a patent for this invention
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Telegraph
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1838
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Forcible removals of Cherokee to Indian Territory begin in an ordeal known as the Trail of _____
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Tears
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1839
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English painter Joseph Turner's masterpiece The Fighting _______ is first exhibited in London
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Temeraire
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1840
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The Great Raid of 1840 is conducted by this Native American tribe deep into white-settled areas of the Republic of Texas
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Comanche
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1841
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American slaves aboard the ship Creole revolt, seize the vessel and sail to freedom in this British colony
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Bahamas
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1842
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This territory is ceded in perpetuity to the British Empire
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Hong Kong
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1843
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The first modern instance of this Christmas tradition
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Christmas cards
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1844
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The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo are published by this author
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Alexandre Dumas
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1845
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Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage departs England aboard HMS Erebus and HMS ______
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Terror
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1846
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The first telescope observations of this planet are made by Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams
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Neptune
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1847
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This English novel is published under the pen name 'Currer Bell'
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Jane Eyre
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1848
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish this influential pamphlet
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The Communist Manifesto
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1849
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This American writer dies after being found delirious in the streets of Baltimore
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Edgar Allan Poe
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1850
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This English poet becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland
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Alfred Tennyson
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1851
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First publication of this American newspaper
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New York Times
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1852
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The last confirmed sighting of this extinct bird on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
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Great auk
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1853
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This US Navy commodore begins the process of forcing Japan open to the outside world
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Matthew Perry
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1854
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The ______ Rebellion is fought between gold miners and soldiers in the Australian colony of Victoria
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Eureka
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1855
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Leaves of Grass is published by this American poet
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Walt Whitman
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1856
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This town in Kansas is attacked and burned by a pro-slavery militia
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Lawrence
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1857
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Major uprisings and rebellions sweep across this British colony
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India
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1858
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The Ottoman Empire legalises this practice
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Homosexuality
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1859
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Charles Darwin publishes this book outlining his theory of evolution
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On the Origin of Species
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1860
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Charles Dickens begins serialising this novel
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Great Expectations
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1861
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Serfdom is officially abolished in this European country
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Russia
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1862
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The American Civil War begins with a Confederate attack on Fort ______
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Sumter
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1863
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Construction begins on the First Transcontinental Railroad in this American city
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Sacramento
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1864
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This Confederate submarine becomes the first in history to successfully sink an enemy vessel
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H.L. Hunley
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1865
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Mark Twain publishes his first short story, The Celebrated Jumping ______ of Calaveras County
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Frog
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1866
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Johann Strauss composes this popular waltz
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The Blue Danube
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1867
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Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents this invention
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Dynamite
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1868
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Power is returned to the Emperor of Japan in the ______ Restoration
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Meiji
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1869
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This US territory becomes the first place in the world to grant full suffrage to women
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Wyoming
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1870
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Decisive victory for the Prussians at the Battle of ______ in the Franco-Prussian War
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Sedan
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1871
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"Dr _______, I presume?" says Henry Morton Stanley at Lake Tanganyika
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Livingstone
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1872
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This national park is established, the world's first
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Yellowstone
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1873
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A massive financial crash triggers the ______ Depression, which lasts well into the 1890s
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Long
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1874
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Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis file a patent for this garment
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Blue jeans
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1875
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Asia's first stock exchange is established in this city
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Bombay
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1876
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Alexander Graham Bell conducts the first test of this invention
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Telephone
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1877
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Disaffected samurai launch the ______ Rebellion against the Japanese government
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Satsuma
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1878
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This comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan debuts in London
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HMS Pinafore
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1879
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Thomas Edison files a patent for this invention
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Light bulb
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1880
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After a failed train robbery this Australian bushranger is captured, tried and executed
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Ned Kelly
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1881
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Socialist revolutionaries assassinate this European monarch
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Alexander II
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1882
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Robert Ford shoots and kills this famous outlaw in his home in Missouri
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Jesse James
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1883
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The eruption of this volcano disrupts the global climate for several years to come
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Krakatoa
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1884
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Dr William Price sets a legal precedent in Britain after being arrested for this funeral practice
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Cremation
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1885
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Karl Benz files a patent for this invention
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Automobile
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1886
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This American monument is officially opened by President Grover Cleveland
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Statue of Liberty
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1887
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This future American architect drops out of university
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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1888
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The first publication of this magazine of history, geography and world culture
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National Geographic
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1889
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A military coup deposes the monarchy of this country and proclaims a republic
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Brazil
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1890
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This infamous massacre takes place in South Dakota
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Wounded Knee
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1891
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The first match of this popular modern sport is played in Springfield, Massachusetts
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Basketball
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1892
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This ballet by Tchaikovsky has its premiere in St Petersburg
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The Nutcracker
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1893
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First appearance of these on automobiles
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Number plates
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1894
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A Jewish military officer in France is convicted of treason in what becomes known as the ______ Affair
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Dreyfus
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1895
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This playwright is arrested for "gross indecency"
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Oscar Wilde
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1896
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The first modern Olympics are held in this city
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Athens
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1897
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Queen Victoria celebrates her _______ Jubilee
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Diamond
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1898
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The USS Maine explodes and sinks in the harbour of this city
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Havana
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1899
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Winston Churchill escapes a prisoner-of-war camp in this conflict
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Boer War
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1900
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The Eight-Nation Alliance sends troops to China to quell this rebellion
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Boxer Rebellion
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