Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1820
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This continent is discovered
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A
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Antarctica
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1839
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This kingdom is declared with its first king being Leopold I
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B
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Belgium
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1885
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King Leopold II of B establishes this African country as a personal fiefdom
|
C
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Congo Free State
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1859
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This scientist publishes his book On the Origin of Species
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D
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Charles Darwin
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1814
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Napoleon is exiled to this island
|
E
|
Elba
|
1892
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This method of identification is officially adopted for the first time
|
F
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Fingerprinting
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1808, 1832
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This German writer publishes his magnum opus Faust
|
G
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J. W. von Goethe
|
1804
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This country gains independence from France becoming the first black republic
|
H
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Haiti
|
1845–1849
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This country suffers from the Great Famine caused by a shortage of potatoes
|
I
|
Ireland
|
1830
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The House of Bourbon is replaced by the House of Orléans (the ____ Monarchy) following this French Revolution
|
J
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July Revolution
|
1883
|
This volcano in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) erupts
|
K
|
Krakatoa
|
1865
|
John Wilkes Booth assassinates this President
|
L
|
A. Lincoln
|
1840
|
New Zealand is founded as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the British and...
|
M
|
The Māori
|
1842
|
This treaty cedes Hong Kong to the British: Treaty of _______
|
N
|
Nanking
|
1896
|
This sports event is revived in Athens
|
O
|
Olympic Games
|
1843
|
This inventor of the detective fiction publishes The Tell-Tale Heart
|
P
|
E. A. Poe
|
1890s
|
The British Empire controls this part of the world's population
|
Q
|
1 quarter
|
1885
|
Louis Pasteur creates the first successful vaccine against this viral disease
|
R
|
Rabies
|
1833
|
This practice is banned throughout the British Empire
|
S
|
Slavery
|
1831–1850
|
The name for the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans
|
T
|
Trail of Tears
|
1846
|
Mormons migrate to this state
|
U
|
Utah
|
1895
|
This team sport is invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts
|
V
|
Volleyball
|
(1869)
|
Leo Tolstoy publishes this novel
|
W
|
War and Peace
|
1891
|
Rerum novarum, a major document on social justice, is launched by this pope
|
X
|
Pope Leo XIII
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1872
|
This region becomes the first national park
|
Y
|
Yellowstone
|
1898
|
This French author writes J'accuse…!, a letter where he opposes antisemitism and supports the falsely accused A. Dreyfus
|
Z
|
Émile Zola
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