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1st French Republic
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1st French Empire established
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1st French Empire ends
Napoleon sent to Elba -
French monarchy restored
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Frankenstein Published
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Period: to
Century of Change
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Peterloo Massacre
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Australia officially named
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Stockton and Darlington railway opened
World's first modern railway -
Catholic Relief Act; Metropolitan Police Act
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Slavery Abolition Act; Factories Act
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Marriage Act
Civil marriages allowed -
Queen Victoria accedes to the throne
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Penny Black issued
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Mines Act
prohibts underground work for all women and boys under 10 -
1st electrical telegram sent by Samuel Morse
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Start of the Great Irish Famine
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Year of the Revolution
Many revolutions and insurrections around Europe -
2nd French Republic established
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Dostoevsky sentenced to death
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Crimean War starts
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2nd Opium War
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Crimean War ends
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Indian Mutiny
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Origin of the Species published
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Alice in wonderland published
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Nobel invents dynamite
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Suez Canal opened
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3rd French Republic established
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde published
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The Picture of Dorian Gray published
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Dracula published
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Queen Victoria died
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Titanic sank
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Kafka wrote Metamorphosis
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WWI started
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Metamorphosis published
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WWI ended