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The industrial revolution begins, where large changes are made in agriculture, manufacturing and more.
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The Americans declared independence from Great Britain.
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Thomas Edison was born in Ohio. He went on to be one of the greatest inventors of all time. He invented important things such as the light bulb.
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The gold Rush was in Ballarat and lasted for approximately 10 years. In that period of time the population roughly tripled.
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The Victorian Football League was founded. Originally made up of 12 teams.
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On this day the Statue of Liberty was unveiled.
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In 1896 the first ever olympics were held in Athens, Greece. 14 nations competed and 241 athletes throughout 43 events in 9 sports.
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In 1903 the Wright Brothers created the first succesful aeroplane.
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Henry Ford produced his first ever car model.
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The Titanic was considered to be unsinkable, but one fateful night the ship collidided with an iceberg and sunk, causing over 1500 deaths.
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The first ever global war began, centred in Europe.
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After 4 years of war, it finally ended with close to 10 million people killed.
