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AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENCE
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EDMUND CARTWRIGHT PATENTS A POWER LOOM
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FRENCH DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
WHICH SAYS NOTHING ABOUT SLAVE OR WOMAN -
TOM PAINE'S 'THE RIGHTS OF MAN' IS PUBLISHED
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FIRST STREAM LOCOMOTIVE IS OPERATING AT PENNYDARREN, WALES
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ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE
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MEIJI ('ENLIGHTENED RULE') RESORATION IN JAPAN; FEUDALISM IS ABANDONED AND CAPITALISM EMBRACED
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GERMAN UNIFICATION AFTER THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR LEADING TO GERMANY'S RISE AS AN IMPERIAL POWER
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GUGIELMO MARCONI INVENTS THE WIRELESS (RADIO)
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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR; JAPAN DEFEATS RUSSIA