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War of 1812 begins
The War of 1812 was fought between the Americans and Great Britain in America and Canada. The War or 1812 was a war of irony and confusion. The issues that had caused the war were mostly settled before it started. The biggest battle was fought after the treaty to end the war (The Treaty of Ghent) was signed.
The War of 1812 helped solidify the United States as a new nation. It showed Britain that the US was here to stay.
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Battle of Waterloo begins
Up until 1815 Europe had been ravaged by war after war for the previous 1500 years, once the Romans fell it was one tribe fighting another for land, during the Middle ages England and France fought the hundred years war, after that there was the thirty years wars, numerous civil wars and invasions from one country or another.
In 1815 after Waterloo the main powers in Europe got together and Constructed the treaty of Vienna. Napolean was killed during this battle.
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Victoria is born
Princess Alexandria Victoria was born on May 24, 1819. in Kensington Palace,London, England. Her parents were Prince Edward Augustus and Princess Victoria.
This was a really important event because she later in her life became the Queen of England and ruled for over 63 years.
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Queen Victoria's Life
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Princess Victoria becomes Queen of England.
Her father died when she was 8 years old, so her uncle became the king and Victoria was heiress. King William IV, her uncle, died and Princess Victoria, became Queen at the age of 18.
Her reign spanned the rest of the century.
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Queen Victoria rules Great Britain, Ireland and India.
Queen Alexandrina Victoria rules Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901 and commands India from 1876- to 1901 till she dies. She becomes the most important female during the reign.
Victoria creates the largest empire for Great Britain. Queen Victoria becomes the most powerful woman in the era.
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Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert
On October 15, 1839 Queen Victoria proposed to her cousin Prince Albert. They got married on February 10, 1840 in the Chapel Royal of St. James Palace, London. They had nine children. Prince Albert became an important political adviser as well as the Queen's companion.
He replaced Lord Melbourne as the dominant, and an influence figure in the first half of her life.
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Victoria and Albert survive the first assassination attempt
Victoria was pregnant with her first baby. She and Albert were out on a regular carraige ride around the kingdom, where they were the target of the first assassination attempt. they were shot by Edward Oxford, who was later considered insane.
None was hurt but this was the first assassination of the seven assassination attempts on Queen Victoria and Albert.
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Victoria and Albert have their first child.
After Victoria and Albert survived the first assassination attempt, the had their first child, a daughter, on 21 November 1840, almost 6 months after the attack. She was named Princess Victoria.
She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III.
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Albert dies of Typhoid fever
On December 14, 1861 Queen Victoria’s Husband Prince Albert died. She was devastated. They were married for 21 years. She was never the same after. She entered a state of mourning and wore black for the rest of her life. She avoided public appearances, and rarely stepped out of the palace.After Albert's death,
Victoria was overwhelmed by grief and remained in mourning until the end of her life.
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Abraham Lincoln was shot dead
.At 7:22 a.m. 15th April, 1865, Good Friday, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from a bullet wound inflicted the night before by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer.
The president's death came only six days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born.
Mohandas Gandhi was born on 2nd October 1869 in Porbandar, India. He was the child of Putlibai Gandhi (Mother) and Karamchand Gandhi (Father). Gandhi got married to Kasturba Gandhi in May 1883.
He was the preeminent leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. He helped India to be independent.
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First telephone call made by Graham Bell
The first telephone words were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. He made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." This took place in New York.
Today cell phones are needed for almost every single need.
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Queen Vioctoria becomes Empress of India.
In 1877, Victoria became empress of India. She rules India from 1876-1901, for 25 years. She controls the East India Company in India after the Indian Rebellion of 1876.
Her empire also included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and large parts of Africa.
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Statue of Liberty was presented to the U.S.
The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated on July 4,1884, was a gift to the United States from the people of France.The statue is of a robed female figure representing the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom to the United States.
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First Olympic games begin in Athens.
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896.
It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era. Athens was home to the first mordern Olympics.
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Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
In her later years, she almost became the symbol of the British Empire. Both the Golden (1887) and the Diamond (1897) Jubilees, held to celebrate the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the queen's accession, were marked with great displays and public ceremonies. On both occasions, Colonial Conferences attended by the Prime Ministers of the self-governing colonies were held.
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Queen Victoria dies
Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, on 22 January 1901 after a reign which lasted almost 64 years, the longest in British history. She was also the longest- reigning female over any civilization. Queen Victoria impacted her country by helping the country grow. She made the industry better by science and communication like the telegraphs and former technology.
She also helped her country come out of poverty and increased urban populations.
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