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Boer War I
A war between the English and the Dutch to control gold mines. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph -
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Opium War I
All colonial powers wanted to be part of China's market and their forced them to open to the Western trade. -
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Opium War II
All colonial powers wanted to be part of China's market and their forced them to open to the Western trade. -
The Victoria Falls
Livingstone discovered the victoria falls and named them after Queen Victoria. -
Modernisation in Japan
Modernisation started with Western fundig. -
Opening of the Suez Canal
The Suez Canal was open for navagation to reduce the distance between Britain and India. -
Telephone
Graham Bell invented the telephone. -
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Germ theory of disease
A scientific theory that proposes that micros are the cause of an organism's range of diseases. -
The QWERTY Typewriter Keyboard
Christopher Latham Sholes came up with the idea of arranging the letters in all typewriters the same way. -
Lightbulb
Humphry Davy invented the first electric light. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. -
Berlin conference
Rival powers agreed to part Africa so each empire would have a piece of the territory. -
The British Colony in India
Great Britain copied with France for the control of Burma with Russia for Afghanistan and Tibet. -
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Electromagnetic waves
Hertz proves the principales of electromagnetic waves. -
Radio
Macroni invented the radio. -
Cinema
The Lumière brothers invented cinema. -
Clash between France and Britain
France and Britain clashed in Lake Chad (Fashoda) and it almost ended in war. -
Aspirin
Bayer distributed a powder with this ingredient to physicians to give to patients. -
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Boer War II
A war between the English and the Dutch to control gold mines. -
Aireplane
The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.