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Using biblical chronology, Bishop pinpoints creation at 4004 B.C.
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King Charles I beheaded in England; England becomes a commonwealth. Cromwell invades Ireland.
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Linnaeus tries to classify all life on earth by kingdoms, classes, orders, genera, and species.
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France declares war on Emperor Charles VI
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Lamarck proposes that living things evolve to become more complex through time.
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Friendship treaty between Britain and the Sikhs is signed.
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Kelvin proclaims the earth is roughly 100 million years old.
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Famine in Ireland (potato famine)
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Unearthing a fossil skull in Germany’s Neander Valley challenges christian belief of Adam and Eve.
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Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War
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Evolution is now a mainstream idea with magazines and newspapers promoting it, even though it is still doubted.
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General Lee surrenders and confederate states are given over to Ulysses S. Grant.
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New fundamentalist movement now ensures the practice of reading the bible in school.
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Jazz Era begins in New Orleans
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Discovery of the double helix structure of DNA unlock the details of what genes are and how they work.
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Stalin succeeded by Malenkov & Khrushchev
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genetic science shows striking resemblances in ape and human DNA
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M.L.K. leads anti-Vietnam War march in N.Y.
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find of a 4 million year-old fossils that offers evidence of an ancient human ancestor.
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Watergate scandal; Nixon resigns; Pres. Ford pardons Nixon.
