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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1899
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Spanish rule ends in this island
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Cuba
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1898
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This archipelago joins the United States
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Hawaii
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1897
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This is found by Joseph John Thomson
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Electron
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1896
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Modern version of this sporting event is held for the first time
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Olympics
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1895
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Presented for the first time in the world by the Lumière brothers
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A movie
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1894
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This Russian emperor dies
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Alexander III
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1893
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The World's Fair is held in this city
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Chicago
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1892
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This ballet written by Tchaikovsky is premiered
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The Nutcracker
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1891
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This passanger ship sinks in the Bay of Gibraltar
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SS Utopia
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1890
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The last notable battle of the American Indian wars
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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1889
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This tower becomes the tallest man-made structure
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Eiffel Tower
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1888
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Brazil is the last American country to abolishe this
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Slavery
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1887
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This character makes his first appearance in Novel A Study in Scarlet
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Sherlock Holmes
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1886
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This landmark is completed in New York City
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Statue of Liberty
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1885
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This French author is dead
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Victor Hugo
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1884
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This conference regulated European colonisation in Africa
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Berlin Conference
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1883
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Eruption of this volcano is still the loudest sound ever recorded
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Krakatoa
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1882
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This is prohibited in the United States
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Polygamy
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1881
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This US president is assassinated
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James Garfield
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1880
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After 632 years of building, this cathedral is finally completed
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Cologne Cathedral
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1879
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The British Empire fights this war in Africa
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Anglo-Zulu War
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1878
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He becomes the king of Italy
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Umberto I
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1877
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Thomas Edison announces the invention of this
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Phonograph
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1876
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This is patented by Alexander Graham Bell
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Telephone
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1875
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This opera by Georges Bizet is premiered
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Carmen
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1874
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This football club is founded
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Aston Villa
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1873
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The first republic of this country is founded
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Spain
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1872
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He supposedly travels around the world in 80 days
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Phileas Fogg
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1871
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He became the first chancellor of Germany
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Otto von Bismarck
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1870
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The last emperor of France, this one, is deposed
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Napoleon III
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1869
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Opening ceremony of this canal
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Suez Canal
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1868
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The capital of Japan is moved from here to Tokyo
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Kyoto
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1867
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United States buys this from Russia
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Alaska
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1866
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This is invented by Alfred Nobel
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Dynamite
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1865
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This US president is assassinated
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Abraham Lincoln
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1864
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These equations to explain electromagnetism are presented
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Maxwell's equations
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1863
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London becomes the first city in the world to have this
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Rapid transit
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1862
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This classic novel written by Victor Hugo is published
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Les Misérables
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1861
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Bombarding this fort means the begin of the American Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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1860
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This war ends in China
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Second Opium War
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1859
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This book is published by Charles Darwin
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On the Origin of Species
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1858
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This is completed between Europe and America
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Telegraph cable
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1857
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Notable uprising against the British rule in this country
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India
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1856
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The Treaty of Paris ends this war
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Crimean War
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1855
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He becomes the emperor of Russia
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Alexander II
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1854
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This political party is founded
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Republican Party
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1853
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According to legend these are made for the first time
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Potato chips
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1852
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This ship sinks near Cape Town
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HMS Birkenhead
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1851
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This newspaper is founded
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The New York Times
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1850
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This rebellion begins in China
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Taiping Rebellion
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1849
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Gold rush begins here
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California
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1848
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This is published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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The Communist Manifesto
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1847
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This country gains independence in Africa
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Liberia
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1846
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The United States declares war on this country
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Mexico
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1845
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This joins the United States
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Texas
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1844
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The death of this American religious leader
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Joseph Smith
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1843
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Classical novella by Charles Dickens published
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A Christmas Carol
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1842
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Medical method used for the first time
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Anesthesia
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1841
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Britain occupies this city
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Hong Kong
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1840
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Penny Black is the first kind of these
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A stamp
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1839
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The death of this sultan of the Ottoman empire
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Mahmud II
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1838
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War between France and Mexico
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Pastry War
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1837
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He patents telegraphy
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Samuel Morse
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1836
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Patented by Samuel Colt
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Revolver
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1835
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This city is founded in Australia
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Melbourne
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1834
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The Liberal Wars end in this country
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Portugal
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1833
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The first _____ is discovered by Anselme Payen
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Enzyme
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1832
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The war of independence ends in this country
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Greece
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1831
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He becomes the first king of Belgium
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Leopold I
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1830
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The November Uprising begins in this country
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Poland
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1829
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New pope elected
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Pius VIII
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1828
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Treaty to end war between Russia and Persia
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Treaty of Turkmenchay
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1827
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This city in Finland has a massive fire
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Turku
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1826
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Nicéphore Niépce takes the earliest surviving ____
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Photo
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1825
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This revolt takes place in Russia
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Decembrist revolt
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1824
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This composer's last symphony is premiered
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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1823
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This doctrine begins in US
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Monroe Doctrine
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1822
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This scale of mineral hardness is presented
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Mohs scale
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1821
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Napoleon Bonaparte dies in this island
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Saint Helena
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1820
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This landmass is discovered
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Antarctica
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1819
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This massacre happens in Lancashire, England
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Peterloo Massacre
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1818
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This novel written by Mary Shelley is published
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Frankenstein
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1817
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He becomes the fifth president of the United States
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James Monroe
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1816
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Year Without a _____
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Summer
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1815
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This battle marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars
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Waterloo
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1814
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Napoleon is exiled to this Island
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Elba
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1813
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This book by Jane Austen is published
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Pride and Prejudice
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1812
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War between United States and this country begins
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United Kingdom
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1811
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This country declares it's independence on 5th of July
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Venezuela
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1810
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe publishes Theory of ______
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Colours
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1809
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This area becomes a part of Russia
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Finland
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1808
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This war between Spain and France begins
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Peninsular War
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1807
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France signs these treaties between Russia and Prussia
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Treaties of Tilsit
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1806
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This empire is dissolved
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Holy Roman Empire
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1805
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Horatio Nelson leads the British victory in this battle
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Battle of Trafalgar
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1804
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This country gains independence from France
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Haiti
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1803
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United Stetes buys this area
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Louisiana
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1802
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This treaty was signed between the United Kingdom and France
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Treaty of Amiens
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1801
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He becomes the third president of the United States
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Thomas Jefferson
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1800
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He invents the voltaic pile
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Alessandro Volta
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