Karl Marx's Life Events

  • Janissary Corps ends

    Mahmud II creates new Military corps loyal only to Mahmud, and when the Janissaries try to overthrow him, thay are thwarted by the new corps.
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    First Opium War

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    Victorian Age

  • Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin publishes theories that lead to the pseudo-scientific theories of social Darwinism
  • Serfs in Russia Freed

    An age old tradition in Russia is ended, ushering in a new way of life and economy for Russia.
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    American Civil War

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    Egypt westernized

    Ismail takes initiative to westernize the aged Egypt after long-lived European control
  • Dynamite Developed

    Alfred Nobel finds way to safely harness nitroglycerin in dynamite, bringing about a new era of mining with explosives.
  • Italian States Unifiesd

    Franco-Prussian war unites kings of Italian states
  • Lightbulb Developed

    Thomas Edison develops long-burning filament design, and starts newer, cleaner lighting styles for the nearing century.
  • Married Women's Property Act

    Married women in Britan can now own and control their own property.