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Britain declares war on France
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Napoleon proclaims himself Emperor of France
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Abolition of the slave Trade Act passes in Britain
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William Darby (Pablo Fanque) born
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British-American war begins
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Harriet Anne Jacobs born
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Battle of Waterloo
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Indian juggler Ramo Samee first performs in London
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Bureau of Indian Affairs established in the USA
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George Frederick Christopher (Herr Christoff) born
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Indian Removal Act passes in the USA
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Nat Turner's Slave rebellion
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American Anti-Slavery Society founded
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Charles Darwin sets out for the Galapagos Islands
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Bedouin Arab Troupe first recorded in London
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Queen Victoria accedes to the throne
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Slavery is abolished in the British colonies. Isaac Van Amburgh makes first British appearance
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Pablo Fanque and Joseph Hillier begin their own circuses
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The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" published in book form
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First mention of Macommo the "Lion Hunter" in the UK
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Tuck Quy's Chinese troupe makes first UK appearance
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Indian Mutiny begins
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Miss La La born in Stettin
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Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
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Abraham Lincoln elected president of the USA
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American Civil War begins
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Emancipation Proclamation issued in the USA
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Lincoln assassinated
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Delmonico the lion tamer makes first UK appearance
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13th Amendment adopted in the USA, abolishing slavery in the country
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First Japanese Troupe appears in the UK
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Risley's Imperial Japanese Troupe appears in London
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Start of Jim Crow Laws in the southern USA
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Pablo Fanque and Macommo die
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Civil Rights Act passes in the USA
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Miss La La painted by Edgar Degas
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Herr Christoff dies
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West show arrives in the UK
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Queen Victoria dies
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Jim Crow Laws pass in the southern USA