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napoleonic wars
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napoleon defeated at waterloo
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congress of vienna meets to restore stability in europe
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greek independence
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liverpool manchester railroad opens
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italy unifies
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Queen victoria begins her reign in britain
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potato famine in irland begins
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major european war
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revolutions of 1848
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marx and engels publish the communist manifesto
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crimean war
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czar alexander II frees the serfs
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bessemer process is invented
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charles darwin publishes the origins of species
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dynamite invented
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britain grants canada self rule
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french built suez canal opens in egypt
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franco-prussain war
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germany uniffies
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dual monarchy of austria hungary
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britain begins rule of india
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czar alexander II is assasinated
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major european war
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european nations carve up africa at the berlin conference
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dreyfus convicted of treason