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Pope Pius IX restored the Catholic hierarchy in England.
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Crimean War against Russia
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Prince Albert 's death
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Inauguration in London of a subway which the traction is Steam
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The Education Act makes school attendance compulsory until the age of 11 years.
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Victoria added to his titles that of Empress of India .
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Invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell Scots .
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Inauguration of the first electric line of the London Underground .