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The US fights pirates off the Barbary coast off and on for four years From the merger of the Kingdom of Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland In which a vast section of territory in the US west of the Mississippi was purchased from France's territorial claims Hamilton was was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr. American statesmen and politicians Exploration of what is now the northwest US As a result of a successful slave rebellion Lord Nelson defeats the French/Spanish fleet As a consequence of the Treaty of Lunéville Probably the most popular piece of classical music in the world today He bested the one-mile swim in cold waters and strong current on May 3. Among its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx and Bismark Forced to retreat in winter, most of his 600,000 men are lost Known also as the Anglo-American War, which is only slightly more imaginative. Island of Luzon in the Philippines, killing over 2000 people Napoleon is defeated by Wellington's army. Napoleon is forced into exile. Established by the British East India Company By the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves Warns European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere Ended in 1828. Resulted in the formation of Uruguay Connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean The country of Belgium begins from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands The countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador (and later, Panama) take its place Bans slavery throughout the British Empire Precursor of the computer Entire garrison including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie is killed Her reign from 1837 to 1901 is referred to as the Victorian era Ended 1840. Lead to the formation of Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua By the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi, between the British Crown and the Chiefs of the local tribes. Leads to the Irish diaspora Leads to Mexico's cession of much of present day Southwestern US By Johann Gottfried Galle Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Leads to thousands of people migrating to California in the following years, thus the term 49rs. American poet, author of "The Raven" Company founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo China. Ended in 1864. The bloodiest conflict of the century claiming some 20 million lives Oct. 25. During the Crimean War and famous for the Charge of the Light Brigade, subject of the famous poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Enabling steel to be mass produced Small logging town selected by Queen Victoria The smell of untreated sewage almost overwhelmed people in central London, England. Revolutionary abolitionist in the US; practiced armed insurrection to abolish slavery The oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland Between the Union and the seceding Confederate States By President Abraham Lincoln of the US, freeing all slaves Followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864 Shot at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea Africa. "Dr Livingstone I presume." In New York City, containing a collection of over two million works of art In the United States. The first US National Park. Nez Perce, tribe after more than three months battling with the US Army Results in extensive redivision of southeast Europe Edison didn't invent the light bulb. He refined existing designs to make the practical. Garfield's assassin, Charles Guiteau is convicted and executed (1882) Ended 1885. Lead to the formation of French Indochina His first Sherlock Holmes story Lakota Sioux chief primarily known as the leader of the forces that defeated Gen. George Custer. Self inflicted gunshot, July 29 In South Dakota, marks the end of the American Indian Wars The first country in the world to give women the vote Ends in 1895 with China's defeat From complications of a series of strokes, renowned inventor of pasteurization The first modern Olympiad took place in Athens Alfred Nobel's will established prizes for peace, science and literature Establishes "separate but equal" doctrine Pits the British against the Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa
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