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Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547
Reign of Henry VIII
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Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Reign of Elizabeth I
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Period: Apr 26, 1564 to
William Shakespeare
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Robinson Crusoe Published
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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French Revolution Begins
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Reign of Queen Victoria
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Thomas Edison
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Moby Dick Published
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A Tale of Two Cities Published
Serialised weekly in "All the Year Round" until November 1859 -
On the Origin of Species Published
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The Dreyfus Affair
Alfred Dreyfus convicted of Treason -
First X-rays created
By Wilhelm Röntgen. His work won him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. -
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World War I
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Russian Revolution
The "February Revolution", in which the Tsar was deposed. The "October Revolution" led to rule by Lenin and the Bolsheviks. -
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Released
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Metropolis Released
Directed by Fritz Lang -
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Spanish Civil War
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World War II
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JFK Assassinated
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Martin Luther King Assassinated
Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee
By James Earl Ray