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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Colombos founded America in the name of spain
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The first blast furances are used in England
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James Watts invents the steam engine
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Captain Cook first sights the east coast of Australia
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A test case heard in England addresses the fate of the runaway slave James Somersett
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Slavery was banished from most of the northern states in America
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The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay
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The french revolution begins
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Parliment passes a bill abolishing the trading of slaves in British territories
This made it illegal to buy slaves but people could still own the ones they had already -
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Potato blight in Ireland creates widespread famine
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Freed American slaves found the Republic of Liberia in West Africa
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The Victorian gold rush begins
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The American Civil War begins
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Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
This declared that all slaves here forever free -
The American Civil War ends
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All slaves in the British Empire were freed
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Australia celebrates Federatio