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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1800
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Napoleon and his army cross the ____
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Alps
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1801
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The ____ is formed with the union of Great Britain and Ireland
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United Kingdom
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1802
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The Treaty of ____ with Britain ends the French Revolutionary Wars
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Amiens
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1803
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The ____ Purchase, The United States buys a huge piece of land from France
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Louisiana
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1804
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____ gains independence from France, in the first successful slave revolt
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Haiti
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1805
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Napoleon defeats the Austrians and Russians at the Battle of ____ near Vienna
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Austerlitz
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1806
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The Holy Roman Empire collapses with the establishement of the Confederation of the ____
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Rhine
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1807
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Napoleon defeats Prussia, allies with Russia, and creates the Duchy of ____
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Warsaw
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1808
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Napoleon invades Spain beginning The ____ War
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Peninsular
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1809
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Austria invades Bavaria beginning The War of the ____ Coalition
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Fifth
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1810
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_____ gains independence from Spain, being the first in Latin America to do so
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Argentina
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1811
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The last ____ leaders who ruled Egypt for centuries are killed
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Mamluk
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1812
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Napoleon captures Moscow after defeating the Russians at the Battle of ____
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Borodino
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1813
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The Battle of ____ is fought, the bloodiest battle in Europe prior to World War I
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Leipzig
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1814
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Napoleon is exiled to the island of ____ but returns to France the following year
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Elba
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1815
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Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of ____
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Waterloo
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1816
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'The Year without a ____' (Due to the eruption of Mt Tambora, the previous year)
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Summer
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1817
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The first of many ____ pandemics break out in Bengal
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Cholera
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1818
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The ____ Confederacy in India falls to Britain
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Maratha
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1819
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Spain sells ____ to the United States for $5,000,000
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Florida
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1820
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____ is discovered by an Imperial Russian Navy Expedition
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Antarctica
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1821
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The ____ Republic declares independence from Spain
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Dominican
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1822
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____ is crowned as the first emperor of Brazil with its independence from Portugal
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Pedro I
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1823
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Gold is first discovered in ____
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Australia
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1824
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Peru wins independence from Spain with ____ as its dictator
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Simon Bolivar
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1825
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____ declares independence from Brazil
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Uruguay
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1826
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Britain defeats ____ in northeastern India in the first of three wars
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Burma
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1827
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Russia captures ____ from Persia, ending a millennium of Islamic domination there
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Armenia
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1828
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Vientiane is annexed by the Kingdom of ____ (now Thailand)
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Siam
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1829
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____ receives autonomy after 8 years of fighting for independence
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Greece
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1830
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'The Book of ____' is published, beginning The Latter Day Saint Movement
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Mormon
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1831
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Venezuela and Ecuador gain independence from ____
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Gran Colombia
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1832
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The Ottoman capital, Constantinople, almost falls to forces from ____
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Egypt
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1833
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The ____ Abolition Act in the British Empire is approved
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Slavery
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1834
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The Liberal wars in ____ end
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Portugal
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1835
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____ is founded by settlers on the Yarra River
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Melbourne
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1836
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The Republic of ____ declares independence from Mexico
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Texas
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1837
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Queen Victoria ascends to the British throne after the death of ____
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William IV
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1838
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The Cherokee are forcibly relocated as part of an event known as 'The Trail of ____'
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Tears
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1839
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Britain declares war on China beginning the ____ Wars
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Opium
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1840
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The Treaty of ____ establishes New Zealand as a British colony
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Waitangi
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1841
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____ declares independence, ending the Federal Republic of Central America
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El Salvador
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1842
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China cedes ____ to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking
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Hong Kong
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1843
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____ in South Africa becomes a British colony
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Natal
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1844
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The ____ religion is established in the Middle East
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Baha'i
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1845
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A potato famine primarily in ____ begins, eventually killing over 1 million people
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Ireland
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1846
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The United States declares war on ____
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Mexico
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1847
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____ in Africa is founded by freed slaves from the United States
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Liberia
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1848
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A wave of revolutions across Europe occur following the publication of 'The ____ Manifesto'
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Communist
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1849
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The ____ Empire in northern India is annexed by Britain
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Sikh
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1850
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____ is admitted as the 31st US state
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California
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1851
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The ____ Rebellion breaks out across China, killing over 30 million people
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Taiping
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1852
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'Uncle Tom's ____ is published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Cabin
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1853
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The ____ Empire declares war on Russia, starting the Crimean War
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Ottoman
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1854
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Japan opens its ports to American trade after a US fleet arrived in ____ Bay
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Edo
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1855
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____ in Crimea falls to British and French troops
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Sevastopol
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1856
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Britain declares war on the Qajar dynasty of ____
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Persia
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1857
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The ____ Empire collapses with the capture of Delhi
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Mughal
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1858
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The ____ loses its possessions to Britain following rebellions across India
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East India Company
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1859
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'On the Origin of Species' is published by ____
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Charles Darwin
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1860
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____ becomes the first state to secede from the Union
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South Carolina
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1861
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The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed after the conquest of The Two Sicilies by ____
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Sardinia
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1862
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The bloodiest day in American history occurs at the Battle of ____
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Antietam
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1863
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The Battle of ____ is fought, a turning point in the American Civil War
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Gettysburg
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1864
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War breaks out in South America between ____ and the Triple Alliance
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Paraguay
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1865
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US President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by ____
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John Wilkes Booth
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1866
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The Transatlantic ____ Cable is laid between Ireland and Newfoundland
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Telegraph
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1867
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The United States purchases ____ for $7,200,000
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Alaska
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1868
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The ____ Restoration is declared in Japan
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Meiji
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1869
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The ____ opens in Egypt after 10 years of construction
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Suez Canal
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1870
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____ declares war on Prussia following the unification of Germany
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France
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1871
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The ____ Empire is proclaimed
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German
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1872
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The Third Carlist War begins in northern ____
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Spain
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1873
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Franz Josef Land is discovered in the ____ Ocean
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Arctic
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1874
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The city of ____ is ravaged by a fire destroying 812 buildings and killing 20 people
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Chicago
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1875
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The signing of the Metre Convention establishes the ____ system across the world
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Metric
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1876
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US forces are defeated by a combined tribal force at The Battle of Little ____
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Bighorn
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1877
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____ is proclaimed Empress of India
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Queen Victoria
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1878
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____ gains independence from the Ottoman Empire
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Bulgaria
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1879
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____ declares war on Peru and Bolivia
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Chile
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1880
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The Second Anglo-____ War breaks out after tensions between Russia and Britain
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Afghan
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1881
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Russian Tsar Alexander II and US President James Garfield are ____
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Assassinated
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1882
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____ opens the first electrical power plant lighting up part of Lower Manhattan
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Thomas Edison
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1883
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____ erupts in Indonesia, killing over 36,000 people
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Krakatoa
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1884
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The ____ Conference begins, regulating European colonisation in Africa
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Berlin
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1885
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The Congo Free State is established as a possession of King ____ of Belgium
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Leopold II
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1886
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The American-Indian Wars come to an end with the surrender of the ____ tribe
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Apache
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1887
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____, an area of southern Pakistan is captured by the British Empire
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Balochistan
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1888
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____ 1888 is the longest date in Roman Numerals
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August 28
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1889
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The ____ Tower is officially opened to the public
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Eiffel
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1890
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The city of ____ (now Harare) is founded in Rhodesia
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Salisbury
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1891
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Construction begins on the Trans-____ Railway
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Siberian
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1892
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The first game of ____ is played in public, score: 5-1
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Basketball
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1893
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____ becomes the first country to give women the right to vote
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New Zealand
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1894
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____ becomes the last Tsar of Russia
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Nicholas II
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1895
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The island of Formosa declares independence from the ____ Dynasty
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Qing
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1896
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Italy is defeated by ____ after a failed attempt to colonise it
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Ethiopia
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1897
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The first ____ congress convenes in Switzerland by Theodor Herzl
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Zionist
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1898
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The USS ____ explodes in Havana, beginning the Spanish-American War
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Maine
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1899
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The Boer War breaks out between Britain and the ____ Free State
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Orange
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