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Year
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Answer
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1990s Hint
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(Yugoslav Wars 1991-2001)
(Communist Destruction, 1990, 1991, 1993)
(Technological Development, 1996)
(European Development, 1992, 1999)
(Violence and Reform, 1994, 1998) |
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1999
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Euro Established
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1998
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Good Friday Agreement
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1997
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Tony Blair Becomes Prime Minister
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1996
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Deep Blue Beats Kasparov
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1995
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Dayton Agreement Ends Bosnian War
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1994
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Rwandan Genocide
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1993
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Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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1992
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Maastricht Treaty Creates the EU
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1991
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Dissolution of the USSR
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1990
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Reunification of Germany
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1980s Hint
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(Thatcher, 1979-1990)
(Raegan, 1981-1989)
(Iraq-Iran War, 1980-88)
(Progress and Destruction, 1980, 1981, 1986) |
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1989
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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1988
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End of Iran-Iraq War
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1987
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Thatcher Wins Third Consecutive Election
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1986
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Chernobyl Disaster
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1985
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Raegan and Gorbachev Meet
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1984
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UK Miner's Strike
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1983
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Thatcher Re-Elected in a Landslide
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1982
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Falkland War
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1981
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First Personal Computer (IBM PC) Released
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1980
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Eradication of Smallpox (First Disease Eradicated From Human Efforts)
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1970s Hint
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(Elections and Appointments, 1977, 1978)
(Coups and Revolutions, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979)
(Nixon and Watergate, 1968-1974)
(Space Disaster, 1970) |
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1979
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Iranian Revolution
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1978
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John Paul II Becomes Pope
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1977
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First Spanish Democratic Elections After Franco
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1976
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Argentina Military Coup Against Isabel Peron
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1975
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Khmer Rouge Takes Control of Cambodia
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1974
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Watergate Scandal
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1973
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UK Joins the EEC
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1972
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Détente Leads to Nixon Meeting Mao Zedong
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1971
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Idi Amin Leads a Military Coup in Uganda
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1970
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Apollo 13 Crisis
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1960s Hint
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(Vietnam War, 1955-1975)
(Independence and Conflict, 1965, 1967, 1968)
(Space Race, 1957 - 1968)
(JFK, 1960-63)
(Victory for Oil and England, 1960, 1966) |
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1969
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Apollo 11 Reaches the Moon
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1968
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Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia
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1967
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Six-Day War Between Israel and Arab States
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1966
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England Win the World Cup
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1965
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Singapore Becomes Independent
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1964
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Leads to Formal Entry of the US Into the Vietnam War
|
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1963
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JFK Assassinated
|
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1962
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Cuban Missile Crisis
|
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1961
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Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails to Overthrow Castro
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1960
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OPEC Formed
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1950s Hint
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(Trouble in Cuba, 1952, 1959)
(Nasser, 1954-1970)
(Formation of International Organisations, 1951, 1955, 1957)
(Korean War, 1950-53) |
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1959
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Fidel Castro Overthrew General Batista
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1958
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Egypt and Syria Unite to Form the United Arab Republic
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1957
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Treaty of Rome Forms the EEC
|
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1956
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Suez Crisis
|
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1955
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Warsaw Pact Established
|
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1954
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Nasser Seizes Power in Egypt
|
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1953
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Death of Stalin
|
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1952
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General Batista Re-takes Power in Cuba
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1951
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Treaty of Paris Establishes the European Coal and Steel Community
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1950
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The Korean War Begins
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Year
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Answer
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1940s Hint
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(World War Two, 1939-45)
(Cold War, 1947-1991)
(Independence Declared, 1947, 1948)
(Justice, 1946) |
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1949
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Formation of NATO
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1948
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Independence of Israel
|
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1947
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Independence of India and Pakistan
|
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1946
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Nuremberg War Trials Convict 22 German War Leaders
|
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1945
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End of World War Two
|
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1944
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D-Day Landings
|
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1943
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Fall of Fascist Italy
|
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1942
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Wannsee Conference Organises the 'Final Solution'
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1941
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Operation Barbarossa
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1940
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Battle of Britain
|
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1930s Hint
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(Rise of Nazi Germany, 1933-45)
(Conflict in Colonies, 1932, 1931, 1930)
(Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945) |
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1939
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Nazi Germany Invades Poland
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1938
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Treaty of Munich Secures 'Peace in our time'
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1937
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Japan Invades China
|
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1936
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Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
|
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1935
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Italy Invades Ethiopia
|
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1934
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Night of the Long Knives Purges the SA
|
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1933
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Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
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1932
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Emu War Begins in Australia
|
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1931
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Statute of Westminster Gives Complete Legislative Independence for British Dominions
|
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1930
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Gandhi's Protest March to the Sea Against the British Salt Tax
|
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1920s Hint
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(Labour Struggles, 1924, 1926, 1929)
(Asian Conflcits, 1922, 1927)
(Technology and Ideology Creations, 1923, 1928)
(Diplomacy, 1920, 1921, 1925) |
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1929
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Wall Street Crash Causes the Great Depression
|
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1928
|
Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
|
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1927
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Nanchang Uprising Between the Chinese Communists and Nationalists
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1926
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Britain's First General Strike
|
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1925
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Locarno Treaties Are Signed, Securing Post-War European Territorial Settlement
|
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1924
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Ramsay Macdonald Becomes Labour's First Prime Minister
|
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1923
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Munich's Beer Hall Putsch
|
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1922
|
Ataturk Proclaims the Republic of Türkiye and Ends the Ottoman Empire
|
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1921
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Anglo-Irish Treaty Grants Irish Independence
|
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1920
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First Assembly of the League of Nations
|
|
1910s Hint
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(World War One, 1914-1919)
(Balkan Wars, 1912 - 1913)
(Revolutions, 1910, 1911, 1917, 1918)
(Unsinkable, 1912) |
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1919
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Treaty of Versailles is Signed
|
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1918
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German Revolution
|
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1917
|
Russian Revolution
|
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1916
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Battle of Verdun, Somme and Jutland
|
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1915
|
Gallipoli Campaign
|
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1914
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
|
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1913
|
Second Balkan War
|
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1912
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Sinking of the Titanic
|
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1911
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Xinhai Revolution Ends Imperial Rule in China
|
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1910
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Portugese Revolution Establishes a Republic
|
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1900s Hint
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(Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05)
(War and Regulation, 1900, 1902, 1907)
(Assassinations and Revolutions, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908)
(Technological Invention and Liberalism, 1903, 1909) |
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1909
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People's Budget Introduced in the HOC
|
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1908
|
Lisbon Regicide
|
|
1907
|
Second Hague Peace Conference
|
|
1906
|
Russian Constitution of 1906 Implements Partial Democracy
|
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1905
|
1905 Revolution in Russia
|
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1904
|
Russo-Japanese War Begins
|
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1903
|
First Controlled Flight From a Heavier-than-air Aircraft
|
|
1902
|
Second Boer War Ends
|
|
1901
|
President McKinley Assassinated
|
|
1900
|
'War of the Golden Stool' Leads to British Annexation of Ashanti
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