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  First publishing of Europe's first medical journal.
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  Established in 1677 by French exile Jean-Alexandre de la Font in the city of Leiden in Holland
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  In 1734, Voltaire’s Letters on the English was published. It was to have an influential role in the enlightenment of Europe.
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  Austrian-German Telegraph Union and Western European Telegraph Union created the International Telegraph Union in Paris
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  17 countries met at the Meter Convention to discuss the further development of the meter
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  in 1899 called for a meeting that advocated the founding of an International Women’s Suffrage Alliance