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The Declaration of Independence is signed, officially proclaiming the 13 Colonies as an independent nation free of Great Britain.
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Revolution in France that began due to far-reaching social and political upheavals in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799 which was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
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The Directory was a five-member committee which governed France from 1795 when it was replaced the Committee of Public Safety. On November 9th 1799 it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate.
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Gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought 300 thousand people to California from the rest of United States.
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During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered.
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The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States. As a result of the long-standing disagreement over slavery, war broke out when the confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
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The invention of the first telephone was by a man named Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander made the first call on March 10th 1876 to his assistant, Thomas Watson. Alexander said through the phone "Mr Watson--come here--I want to see you."
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The invention of the first light bulb was from a man named Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison began serious research into developing practical incandescent lamp.
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The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, occured on October 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip
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The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 when peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks
