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CN:The Qing court ordered the provincial army to set up a college for the scholars to use
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US: Thirteen states were established
Thirteen states in North America formally established. -
GA: Georgia colony founded
Georgia colony founded: created to form a buffer between South Carolina and Florida. -
GA: Alice Riley
Alice Riley was hanged in Savannah for participating in a murder, making her the first woman to be executed in Georgia. -
CN: Ming’s history was published
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US: John Peter Zenge
John Peter Zenger is found innocent of libel by the New York City trial on August 4. -
US: Coal is discovered in West Virginia.
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CN: Emperor Qianlong ordered the people of Manzhou to resettle
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GA: Battle of Bloody Marsh
English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island in an encounter later known as the Battle of Bloody Marsh.
Reason: This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant English victory. -
US: King George's War
King George's War (1744–48) -
CN: The Yuanming Third Garden was basically completed
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GA: Georgia’s first commercial house
James Habersham established Georgia’s first commercial house, for the purpose of shipping raw materials to England. -
US: Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act: The British Parliament asserts its "full power and authority to make laws and statutes ... to bind the colonies and people of America ... in all cases whatsoever". -
CN: The Daqing Conference Code was published
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GA: Stamp Act
Stamp act: though Parliament would shortly repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766, Georgia would have the unhappy distinction of being the only American colony in which revenue was collected under the act. -
CN: Liu Ying's "History" published in Paris, France
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GA: Battle of the Rice Boats
Battle of the Rice Boats. Governor Wright escaped from his confinement and safely reached one of the fleet's ships. His departure marked the end of British control over Georgia. -
US: Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence. -
CN: Daqing Qianlong settled the Sichuan Jinchuan rebellion
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GA: First Georgia Constitution adopted
First Georgia Constitution adopted. Introduced the policy of separation of powers within the government (judicial, legislative, and executive). This is still in use today in both Georgia’s government and the United States government. -
US: American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Princeton: American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis. -
CN: Guangdong is prohibited from importing cotton from foreign vessels
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US: Battle of Point Royal Island
Battle of Point Royal Island, South Carolina -
GA: Siege of Savannah
In 1779, more than 500 recruits from Saint-Domingue (the French colony which later became Haiti), under the overall command of French nobleman Charles Hector, Comte d'Estaing, fought alongside American colonial troops against the British Army during the siege of Savannah.
Reason: The Continental army's failure to recapture Savannah marked a signal British victory in a distinctly international affair. -
GA: British left Savanna
British signed the Treaty of Paris and left Savanna. Colony Georgia became to State Georgia. -
US: Great Seal of the United States
Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States of America. -
CN: The first report of Siku Quanshu(Is the largest set of books in Chinese history)
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GA: Georgia was admitted to the Union
Georgia was admitted to the Union and Georgis was the 4th state to be admitted to the Union.
Reason: Savanah was captured by the British and the Patriots won many Georgians. -
US: United States Constitution ratified
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CN: Sun Shiyi defeated and retreated
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US: George Washington became president
George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors. -
GA: Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act
Governor Telfair signs the first Yazoo Act. In 1789 the legislature sold about 25 million acres to three companies, only to torpedo the sale six months later by insisting that payment be made in gold and silver rather than in depreciated paper currency.
Reason: The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post–Revolutionary War (1775-83) history of Georgia, which shaped Georgia politics and to strain relations with the federal government for a generation. -
US: United States presidential election
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CN: The dredging Wusong River project was completed
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GA: Gold discovery
No matter who made the gold discovery in 1828, the gold rush started in 1829 in Lumpkin County and began spreading rapidly.
Reason: thousands of miners swarmed into the mountains in what the Cherokees called the “Great Intrusion,” and the Georgia Gold Rush was on. -
GA: Georgia Secession Convention
An Ordinance of Secession is the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United States of America.
Reason: The Georgia Secession Convention of 1861 represents the pinnacle of the state's political sovereignty. -
US: American Civil War
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CN: Xinyou coup
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US: Battle of Antietam
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CN: Taiping Expedition to the Northwest
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GA: The Great Locomotive Chase
The Great Locomotive Chase or Andrews' Raid was a military raid in northern Georgia during the American Civil War.
Reason: The Civil War in Georgia beginning with the Great Locomotive Chase -
US: The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act
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CN: The Fall of Heaven (Capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)
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GA: Battle of Atlanta begins
The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War.
Reason: The success of the overall Atlanta Campaign was a boon to Northern morale and President Lincoln's political standing. -
GA: First Reconstruction
James Johnson appointed Provisional Governor by President Johnson. The Voter Registration committee reported two portentous pieces of legislation, the Fourteenth Amendment and the Reconstruction Act.
Reason: Reconstruction transformed the state politically, socially, and economically. -
US: Battle of Columbus
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CN: Jiangnan General Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, which Li Hongzhang was actually responsible for, was established
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US: U.S acquires Alaska from Russia
U.S acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million -
CN: Tianjin Machine Manufacturing Bureau established
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GA: Second Reconstruction
In March 1867 the First Reconstruction Act passed Congress. Georgia, together with Alabama and Florida, became part of the Third Military District, supervised by General John Pope.
Reason: Georgia placed under the 3rd Military district by the Reconstruction Act of March 2. -
US: Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, defining citizenship. -
CN: Creation of Yangtze River Marine Division
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GA: First convicts leased in Georgia
General Thomas Ruger USA Provisional Governor of Georgia leases 100 able-bodied and healthy Negro convicts to William A. Fort.
Reason: Within five years, convict leasing was a major source of revenue for Georgia. -
US: Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, giving blacks the right to vote. -
CN: Tianjin lesson plans happen
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GA: Georgia is permanently readmitted to the Union
Georgia is permanently readmitted to the Union, Georgia became the last former Confederate state to be readmitted into the Union after agreeing to seat some black members in the state Legislature.
Reason: Georgia is permanently readmitted to the Union -
US: The first telephone line
The first telephone line is built from Boston to Somerville, Mass -
CN: Except for the Russian-occupied area, Xinjiang was all recovered by the Qing Army
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GA: Atlanta becomes the capital of Georgia
Atlanta becomes the capital of Georgia. Vote is 99,147 to 55,201.
Reason: Georgia's Fifth Capital -
GA: “Separate but equal”
“Separate but equal”: Jim Crow Laws and other measures led to increased segregation of whites and blacks. -
US: Utah is admitted to the Union
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CN: Qing government sighed the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan, and the Sino-Japanese War ended
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GA: New roles for women
New roles for women: first women admitted into the University of Georgia. Many women had to begin work to support their families as their husbands. -
US: Americans destroy a German salient at St Mihiel
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CN: The Chinese Science Society moved back to China and is based in Nanjing Normal University
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GA: Great depression
Great depression: industry faced low demand, job cut back. One in four people faced unemployment. -
US: Banks fail and industry slumps
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CN: Jilin Provincial Government was established
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GA: Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Martin Luther King founded it and expanded its focus beyond buses to ending all forms of segregation. -
US: Eisenhower sends troops to allow black students to enter Little Rock Central High School
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CN: The May 24th Incident, the US Embassy in Taipei was smashed by the masses
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GA: Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday: State troopers violently attacked the peaceful demonstrators in an attempt to stop the march for voting rights. -
US: Malcolm X is assassinated
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CN: The Tibet Autonomous Region was officially establish