Year
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Question
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Answer
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1801
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The Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merge to form the ______ _______
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United Kingdom
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1802
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_________ performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time
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Beethoven
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1804
|
_____ gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic
|
Haiti
|
1804
|
________ crowns himself Emperor of the French
|
Napoleon
|
1804
|
World population reaches one _______
|
Billion
|
1804
|
First steam __________ begins operation
|
Locomotive
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1805
|
The Battle of _________ eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas
|
Trafalgar
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1806
|
Holy _____ Empire dissolves as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg
|
Roman
|
1815
|
Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of ________
|
Waterloo
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1818
|
Mary Shelley publishes ____________
|
Frankenstein
|
1820
|
Discovery of __________ (Continent)
|
Antarctica
|
1831
|
Charles Darwin begins his voyage on the HMS ______
|
Beagle
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1833
|
The Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the _______ Empire
|
British
|
1842
|
The Treaty of Nanking cedes ____ ____ to the British
|
Hong Kong
|
1845
|
The Irish ______ Famine leads to the Irish diaspora
|
Potato
|
1847
|
Ignaz __________ proposes hand washing as a way to stop the spread of diseases
|
Semmelweis
|
1848
|
The _________ Manifesto published by Karl Marx
|
Communist
|
1853
|
The _______ War begins between France, the UK, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
|
Crimean
|
1858
|
The British ___ begins ruling the Indian subcontinent
|
Raj
|
1858
|
Construction of Big ___ is completed
|
Ben
|
1859
|
On the Origin of _______ is published by Darwin
|
Species
|
1861
|
The American ______ War begins between the Union and seceding Confederacy
|
Civil
|
1863
|
Abraham Lincoln issues the ____________ Proclamation
|
Emancipation
|
1865
|
Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes _____
|
Booth
|
1867
|
The US purchases ______ from Russia
|
Alaska
|
1869
|
The ____ Canal opens, linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
|
Suez
|
1869
|
Dmitri _________ creates the periodic table
|
Mendeleev
|
1871
|
Otto Von ________ becomes first chancellor of the German Empire
|
Bismarck
|
1872
|
The first international ________ match is played, between Scotland and England
|
Football
|
1872
|
___________ National Park is created
|
Yellowstone
|
1877
|
Thomas ______ invents the phonograph
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Edison
|
1877
|
The first test _______ match is played, between England and Australia
|
Cricket
|
1879
|
Thomas Edison tests his first _____ bulb
|
Light
|
1883
|
________ volcano explosion, one of the largest in modern history
|
Krakatoa
|
1885
|
Louis _______ creates the first successful vaccine, against rabies
|
Pasteur
|
1886
|
Construction of the Statue of _______
|
Liberty
|
1888
|
Jack the ______ murders occur in Whitechapel, London
|
Ripper
|
1889
|
The ______ Tower is inaugurated in Paris
|
Eiffel
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