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The factory act banned factory work for children under nine. Slavery is abolished in British empire.
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Charles Dickens publishes his short novel A Christmas Carol
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Samuel F.B. Morse send the first long distance telegraph message.
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Prince Albert dies.
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The Civil War erupts in the U.S.
Alexander II frees serfs in Russia. -
Local governments established public schools.
Married women's act gives economic rights to women. -
The Reform BIll gives vote to almost all adult males.
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Henry Ford develops gasoline powered automobiles.
New Zeland become the first country to grant women suffrage. -
Oxford Book of English Verse is published.
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Britian established the Common Wealth of Austraia.
Queen Victoria dies after nearly 64 years of rule.
