Great Britain and the Qing dynasty sign the Treaty of Nanking
The Great Exhibition opens at Crystal Palace in London
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
General George Custer dies at Little Big Horn
Argentina declares independence from Spain
Queen Victoria comes to the throne
The world's first public railway opens.from Stockton to Darlington
Construction of the Suez Canal is completed
Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night
The first edition of 'Frankenstein' is published anonymously
Pierre and Marie Curie announce the discovery of radium
Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna
The Olympic Games are revived in Athens
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York
The USA acquires French territory in the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
The Battle of Trafalgar is fought off southern Spain
The Galapagos islands are annexed by Ecuador
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
The British East India Company faces a rebellion in India
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