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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1899
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This "rebellion" begins in China
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Boxer Rebellion
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1898
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The United States declared war on this nation
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Spain
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1897
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A marathon is hosted in this city, and is still annually held
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Boston
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1896
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The first modern olympics are held in this city
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Athens
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1895
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Guglielmo Marconi sends a message though this medium
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Radio
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1894
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Japan annexes this island, along with Korea
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Formosa
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1893
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This country is first to allow women to vote
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New Zealand
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1892
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Arthur Conan Doyle publishes this book
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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1891
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This sport is invented in Springfield, Massachusetts
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Basketball
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1890
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This famous artist commits suicide
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Vincent Van Gogh
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1889
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This future leader is born in Braunau, Austria
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Adolf Hitler
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1888
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This man gains control of Germany
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Wilhelm II
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1887
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Flooding of this river kills 900,000 in Asia
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Yellow River
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1886
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This statue is unveiled
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Statue of Liberty
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1885
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This man creates a vaccine for Rabies
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Louis Pasteur
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1884
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A conference starts in this city to decide how Africa should be divided
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Berlin
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1883
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This Indonesia volcano erupts and is heard in Australia
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Krakatoa
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1882
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy for this alliance
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Triple Alliance
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1881
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This U.S president is assassinated
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James Garfield
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1880
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The British go to war against this group in South Africa
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Boers
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1879
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The war of the Pacific begins, which would eventually result in a victory for this nation
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Chile
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1878
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This group defeats Britain in a battle at Isandhwana
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Zulu
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1877
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Thomas Edison creates this recording device
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Phonograph
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1876
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The telephone is invented by this man
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Alexander Graham Bell
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1875
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This region rebels against the Ottomans
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Herzegovina
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1874
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This region becomes part of New York City
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Bronx
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1873
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This article of clothing is invented by Levi Strauss
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Jeans
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1872
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This becomes the world's first national park
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Yellowstone
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1871
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Henry Stanley finds this man in Central Africa
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Dr. Livingstone
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1870
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People rush to southern Africa in search of this mineral
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Diamond
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1869
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This famous waterway opens
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Suez Canal
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1868
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This feudal military government of Japan is abolished
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Shogunate
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1867
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Russia sells this territory
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Alaska
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1866
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Alfred Nobel first produces this explosive
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Dynamite
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1865
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This man is shot in the head
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Abraham Lincoln
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1864
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Their organization is founded in Geneva, Switzerland
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Red Cross
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1863
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Maximilian of Austria becomes emperor of this country
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Mexico
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1862
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An early version of this handheld sphere with three holes is invented
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Bowling Ball
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1861
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The U.S breaks into civil war after this state secedes
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South Carolina
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1860
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This group is allowed to vote in Britain
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Jews
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1859
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"On the Origin of Species" is published by this man
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Charles Darwin
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1858
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The government of India is transferred from this group to the British Crown
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East India Company
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1857
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This group of soldiers rebel in India
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Sepoy
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1856
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Russia loses this war
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Crimean War
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1855
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This city is destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami
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Edo
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1854
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This British monument is finished
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Big Ben
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1853
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This nation becomes an empire (again)
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France
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1852
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A fire destroys much of this North American city
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Montreal
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1851
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Herman Melville publishes this novel
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Moby Dick
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1850
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The Harvard observatory takes the first photo of Vega, which is one of these
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Star
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1849
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This indépendant nation is declared in Italy
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New Roman Republic
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1848
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This book is published by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels
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Communist Manifesto
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1847
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The U.S's takeover of California is essentially complete when Mexico retreats from this city
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Los Angeles
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1846
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This woodwind instrument is invented in Belgium
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Saxophone
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1845
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A famine of this crop strikes Ireland
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Potato
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1844
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The vulcanization of rubber is patented by this man
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Charles Goodyear
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1843
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Charles Dickens publishes this novel
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A Christmas Carol
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1842
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This man's third "Scottish" symphony is performed
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Felix Mendelssohn
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1841
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This author publishes his first of multiple murder mysteries
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Edgar Allen Poe
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1840
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The upper and lower parts of this colony are united
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Canada
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1839
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The first of these wars begins between China and Britain
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Opium Wars
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1838
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Native American groups are forced off their land in the trail of tears. This group lost over 4,000 people
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Cherokee
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1837
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Samuel Morse patents this invention
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Telegraph
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1836
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Texans lose to the Mexicans at this "remembered" battle
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Battle of the Alamo
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1835
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Stories like "Thumbelina" and "The Princess and the Pea" are authored by this man
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Hans Christian Andersen
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1834
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This event, taking place in Spain since 1478, finally ends
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Spanish Inquisition
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1833
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Britain seizes control of these Atlantic islands
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Falkland Islands
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1832
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The source of this river is discovered by Henry Schoolcraft
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Mississippi River
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1831
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This South American state dissolves
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Gran Colombia
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1830
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This religious sect is founded by Joseph Smith
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Mormonism
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1829
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The first motor of this type is constructed
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Electric
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1828
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John Adams and this president both die on July 4th
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Thomas Jefferson
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1827
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This great composer dies
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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1826
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This ship departs to survey parts of South America
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HMS Beagle
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1825
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This canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean
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Erie Canal
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1824
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This chocolate company famous for eggs is founded in Birmingham
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Cadbury
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1823
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This wearable mode of transportation is patented
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Roller Skates
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1822
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This South American country gains independence
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Brazil
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1821
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This country begins to break away from the Ottoman Empire, the first to do so
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Greece
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1820
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This land mass is discovered, the last large discovery of its kind
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Antarctica
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1819
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This island city in Asia is founded by the British
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Singapore
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1818
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This piece of literature is published by Mary Shelley
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Frankenstein
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1817
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First Seminole war begins in this U.S State
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Florida
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1816
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The eruption of this volcano causes the "Year without a Summer"
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Mt. Tambora
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1815
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Napoleon is defeated at this battle
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Battle of Waterloo
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1814
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This city is burned by British troops
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Washington D.C
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1813
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Jane Austin publishes this story about the Bennett family
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Pride and Prejudice
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1812
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This war begins between the U.S and Britain
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War of 1812
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1811
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Russian settlers establish a trading post just north of this Pacific coast city
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San Francisco
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1810
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This German festival is first held
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Oktoberfest
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1809
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Sweden cedes this territory to Russia
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Finland
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1808
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This man becomes king of Spain
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Joseph Bonaparte
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1807
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Both the United States and Britain outlaw this practice
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Slave Trade
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1806
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This "empire" of Europe falls
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Holy Roman Empire
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1805
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This naval battle occurs of the coast of Spain
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Battle of Trafalgar
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1804
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This man declares himself emperor of France
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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1803
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This territory is sold to the United States
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Louisiana
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1802
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A military academy is created in this town in New York
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West Point
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1801
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The parliament of the United Kingdom is merged with the parliament of this country
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Ireland
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1800
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John Ritter discovers this non-visible light
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Ultraviolet
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