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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln signed the document that would end slavery in America. It was signed during the Civil War, and applied to ten states in America, so it freed 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves. -
Famine in Finland
In 1866, there was a famine in Finalnd. It killed 270,000 people. It ended 3 years later, in 1868, and it was called the Hunger Years by many Europeans. It was famine in Europe to this day.EXACT DATE UNKOWN -
Fingerprinting
Fingerprinting is introduced. It is a way of identifying people by their fingerprint left on surfaces after they touch it. It gratly helped criminal cases, because each fingerprint was unique to a person, and can be traced back to them. EXACT DATE UNKOWN -
Dreyfus Affair
The Dreyfus Affair was a problem in France that split it for many years. A French officer named Alfred Dreyfus was accused of telling French secrets to the German Embassy. Evidence soon arouse that Dreyfus was actually framed and was convicted on false documents. The information leaked to the public, and divided society into people who defended or didn't defend Dreyfus. EXACT DATE UNKOWN -
Famine of India
In 1899, the Indian Famine began. It began after the monsoons didn't come to India. It eventually came to affect 476,000 square miles. It greatly decreased the population, and the population had a very hard time coming back from the famine. EXACT DATE UNKOWN -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
The U.S president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's theater in Washington D.C. His killer was John Wilkes Booth, a spy for the confederate army. He killed him because he didn't agree with freeing slaves.
