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Columbus arrives in the Caribbean.
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John Cabot claims Newfoundland for England.
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Cortez arrives in Mexico.
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Cartier explores and claims New France.
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Queen Elizabeth the first, grants a monopoly to the British East India Trading company in India.
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Champlain establishes Quebec City.
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Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.
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The Hudson's Bay Company is established.(exclusive rights to trade in Rupert's Land)
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Battle on the Plains of Abraham.
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Britain assumes control of India. ( the "Raj" era)
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American Civil War ends.
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Buffalo Bill Cody kills nearly 5000 buffalo in a year.
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Canada becomes a country.
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Stanley finds Livingstone.
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The Indian Act is put into place.
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King Leopold the second, & the Congo.
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The Berlin Conference and the scramble for Africa.
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Rwanda becomes a part of German East Africa.
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Gandhi receives his law degree in London.
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The Boer War begins in South Africa.
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1914-1918, The Great War. (or World War 1)
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Rwanda is occupied by the Belgians. (taken from the Germans)
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Gandhi leads the Salt March.
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Gandhi helps India gain independence.
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1950-1986, Apartheid in South Africa.
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1959-1945, World War Two.
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Rwanda is granted independent from Belgium.
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The Rwandan Genocide.