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world war one ended at the 11th hour of the 11th of th 11th year. at 5am that moring germany with little man power or supplies facing imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. the war left 9 million soldiers dead and 21 million injured.
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the russian revolution was a pair of revolutions going on in russia at the same time. That lead to the fall of the Tsarist autocracy and the rise of the communist soviet union we know today.
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the main trigger of the great war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. he was the heir to the throne of austria, hungary. he was shot by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
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the titanic was a luxury british passenger liner built in 1909 and was made to be indestructible but on its maiden voyage itg hit an iceberg and sank killing hundreds of people.
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The federation of australia was when the six self governing british colonies of australia became one to form the commonwealth of australia we know today. Fiji and new zealand were originally going to part of the commonwealth but later opted out to be there own countries.
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the first modern olympics was held in Athens, Greece with the best athletes from 14 countries, there were 241 male athletes and no women athletes in 43 events.
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coke a cola was invented by John S Pemberton in atlanta georgia, he tried it out on his customers while working at his local chemist. It was so popular he started selling it immediately.
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before the invention of the light bulb if you wanted light after dark you would have to light and candle or sit around some sort of controlled fire, so when the lightbulb was invented it was a big deal a source of light that you can just turn on and off whenever you please, is standard in modern times this was a big deal for the people of the past.
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the first feet was eleven ships sent from england carrying settlers trying to find a new life, and convicts sent to help out and live in this new country after there shortened sentence.
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At the end of the 18th century france was on the brink of bankruptcy after their involvement with there american revolution and king louis XVI reckless spending the people of france had enough. with all the money going to the churches and royals the average people were left with basically nothing. so the poor people of france rebelled against the upper class to bring equality to the country
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the Duyfken with captain Willem Janszoon and his crew were the first people chart the australian coastline and make contact with the native australian people (the aboriginals).
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timeline and facts about important events that occured between 1750-1918
