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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph and the Morse code, that though simple, lead to the revolution of the communication system. It was based on the use of a specific code that was known both by the sender and the receiver.
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Aged 18, Victoria succeeded to the throne after King William IV's regn (1830 - 1837).
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The Great Potato Famine Between 1845 and 1846, Ireland was struck by a great potato famine that killed 1.000.000 people, and lead an other 1.000.000 to leave the country and reach America.
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The University's Honour School of Natural Science begun in 1850, and this constituted a huge revolution in the conception of sciences, and gave them a real aknowledgement
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Publication of the Origin of the Species, the work that introduced the idea of evolution through a process of natural selection.
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The periodic table is created, and it is similar to the one we use today. It was the result of many years of researches and publications.
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Robert Koch, identified the bacterium that caused tuberculosis. He demonstrated in front of and audience the method he had used, thus helping to make the following similar discoveries in the next years.
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Women were given the right to possess the money they earned, and the right to inherit goods. Before this act, everything they owned passed to their husband.
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Koch identifies the bacillus of Cholera.
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Kohler first used Cocaine as anestetic during an eye surgery.
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Bayer invented and produced Aspirin.
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After 63 years of reign, Victoria dies.
