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Spinning Jenny invented
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Modern steam engine invented
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Population boom in England
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Industrial Reveloution
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Oath of the Tennis Court is sworn
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Estates general convene at Versailes
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Storming of the Bastile
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Great fear ravages the countryside
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National Assembly confiscates church land
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Frances declares war on Austria
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Louis XIV is executed
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French armies victorious
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Directory rules
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Malthus writes Essay on the Principle of Population
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Napoleon overthrows Directory
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Napoleon founds bank of Germany
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France signs treaty of Amiens with Britain
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor
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Napoleon redraws the map of Europe
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Metternich serves as Austrian foreign minister
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The Grand Empire is at its hight
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Napoleon invades Russia
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Napoleon retreats from Russia
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Napoleon abdicates the throne and is exiled
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Holy Alliance formed
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Revision of Corn Laws in Britain
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Carlsbad Decrees issued by German Confederation
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Greece sucessfully earns freedom from the Turks
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Reign of Louis Philppe in France
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Rocket railroad built
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Reform Bill in Britain
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List writes National System of Political Economy
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Engels writes The condition of the working class in England
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Great Famine in Ireland
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Reveloutions in France, Austria, and Prussia
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Condition of working class improves
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Modernization of Paris
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Great exposition at the Crystal Palace
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Napoleon III seizes power from the National Assembly
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Reign of Napoleon III in France
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Pastuer studies fermentation and develops pastuerization
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Unification of Italy
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Mill's "On Liberty"
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Industrialization of Russia
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Russian seefs freed
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U.S. Civil War
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Austro-Prussian War
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Franco-Prussian War
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Bismark attacks the Catholic Church
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Birthrate steadily declines in Europe
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Educational reforms affect French Catholic schools
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Germany initiates first social security laws to help workers
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Electric streetcars introduced in Europe
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Russian "Bloody Sunday"