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Tousiant L'Ouverture defeats French forces sent to recapture Saint Domingue.
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The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France.
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Mexican War of Independence begins with Spain.
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The Treaty of Ghent is signed, ending the war of 1814.
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Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo.
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Congress passes Missouri Compromise.
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Mexico wins its independence form Spain.
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William Lloyd Garrison publishes The Liberator.
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Garfield is assassinated and Arthur becomes president.
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Great Britian abolishes slavery in empire.
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Texas establishes itself as a republic, with Sam Houston as first President.
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Victoria becomes queen of England.
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Native Americans go through the hardships of the Trail of Tears.
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Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message.
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The war with Mexico begins.
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Womens rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York.
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The Great Exhibition opens in London.
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Uncle Toms Cabin published
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Frankline Pierce elected president of the united states.
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Supreme Court rules against Dred Scott.
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James Buchanan is elected president succeding Franklin.
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Abraham Lincoln wins presidental election.
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The confederacy is formed and the Civil War begins.
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Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg are fought.
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Civil War ends.
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Lincoln is assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president.
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Ulysses S. Grant is elected president.
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Hayes-Tilden presidental election results in deadlock.
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Reconstruction ends.
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James Garfield is elected president.
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Grover Cleveland is elected president.
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Oaklahoma opened for settlement; the land rush begins.
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The Sioux are massacred at wounded knee.
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Diminished US gold reserve triggers the panic of 1893
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William Mckinley is elected president.
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Boxer Rebellion takes place in China
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Mckinley is reelected as president.
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The Wright Brothers successfuly achieve the invention of flying.
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Halleys Comet cuses a wide spread panic.
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Woodrow Wilson is elected president.
