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| 1853 |
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Commodore Perry "opens" Japan |
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| 1853-1856 |
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Crimean War |
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| 1858 |
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"The Raj" begins in India |
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| 1859 |
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Publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species |
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| 1860s |
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"Great Reforms" to modernize Russia |
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| 1860s-1890s |
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Self-Strengthening Movement (China) |
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| 1860s-1890s |
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French occupation of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos |
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| 1861-1865 |
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U.S. Civil War |
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| 1867 |
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Canada gains self-rule |
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| 1867 |
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Russia sells Alaska to the U.S. |
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| 1868-1912 |
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Meiji Era in Japan |
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| 1869 |
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Opening of Suez Canal |
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| 1870-1871 |
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Franco-Prussian War |
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| 1872 |
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Japan takes over Ry¯uky¯us |
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| 1870s-1880s |
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British expansion in Southeast Asia |
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| 1877 |
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Victoria crowned empress of India |
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| 1882 |
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British occupy Egypt |
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| 1884-1885 |
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Berlin Conference on Africa |
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| 1887-1889 |
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Construction of the Eiffel Tower |
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| 1888 |
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Brazil abolishes slavery |
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| 1891-1903 |
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Russia constructs Trans-Siberian Railroad |
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| 1894-1895 |
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Sino-Japanese War |
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| 1898 |
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Spanish-American War |
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| 1910 |
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Japan annexes Korea |
