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New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville on May 7, 1718.
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Slavery in Russia was abolished in 1723 by Peter the Great, when he converted all slaves to housegold serfs.
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The Siege of St. Augustine was part of the war of Jenkins' Ear, which was a series of conflicts between Great Britian and Spain.
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The first cotton mill opened in England was in 1742. This was a result of the amount of cotton being produced in the New World.
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THe British were considered to have rule over India sonce 1612, but it was in 1757 that their rule was official.
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The Russo-Turkish War was a conflict that brought the southern part of Ukraine, and Crimea under Russian possesion.
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The Spanish finished establishing their missions in Florida in 1769. The reason that missions were being established was as an attempt to convert the natives to Christianity.
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The United States gained independence from Greta Britian after the British accepted defeat during the revolutionary war.
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The Laki Volcano, located in Iceland, erupted in this eight month period, which caused half of the livestock population to die and as a result of that 25% of the population died.
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On January 26, 1788 the British First Fleet landed in modern day Sydney and began to establish the first penal colony.
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On this date twenty four brokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement which set a floor commission rate charged to clients and bound the signers to give preference to the other signers in securities sales.
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This version of the United Kingdom lasted until 1922, when parts of Ireland broke off to form their own country.
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The United States purchased all of France's North America colonies. It was originally just supposed to be a purchase of New Orleans, but the price of the land was so small that the U.S. purchased all of the colonies.
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The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle between Britian, France and Spain. Ultimately Britian won, which led to them having total control over that part of the ocean.
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The Battle of Waterloo was a battle between France and the Seventh Coalation. This was the battle where Napolean was defeated. After that he was exiled to the island of St. Helena.
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In 1820, multiple countries made claims that they were the first to dicover the continent, but it is believed that a Russian explorer named Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was the first one to discover it.
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This was a war between the United Kingdom and China over trade disputes regarding the use of the silk road.
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This was the first long distance telgraph sent.
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This war is what allowed the U.S. to gain what is the present day South-West.
