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Factory Act
Limits a child's work day to 12 hours only in Britain -
Lousiana Purchase
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Napoléon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France
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Jane Austen
First novel Sense and Sensibility published -
Napoléon exiled
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Spain Civil War
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Victoria crowned Queen of Britain
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Hong Kong
The British captured Hong Kong, stopping the Opium War -
California Gold Rush
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Crimean War
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American Civil War
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Civil Rights Act
Outlaws segregation on public transport and hotels and restaurant