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James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny. The spinning jenny made spinning thread faster.
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Edmunch Cartwright created the water-powered loom. It weaved clothing faster than the sipinning jenny.
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The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. This is the final movement of the capital after being moved around a few other times.
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John Adams is elected second President of the U.S. Jefferson is Vice President, having the second largest electoral votes.
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The outbreak of the First World War blocked moves for giving independence to the Irish Catholics.
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James Callender makes the accusation that Thomas Jefferson is a slave owner. This accusation sparks commotion in the state which leads to the ban of slaves in Ohio.
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The Lousiana Purchase was land purchase between the U.S. and France in which the U.S bought 827,000 square miles of land for $15 million.
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark go on an expedition moving up the Missouri River. They were the first Americans to cross the western portion of the U.S.
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Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. Alexander Hamilton was a founding father and a key voice in the reason why America didn't get invovled in the French Revoloution.
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Edgar Allan Poe is born on this day. He will live to write dark works of literature and essays against many politicians.
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The War of 1812 was a military conflict between United States of America vs. the Untied Kingdom, North American Colonies, and Native Americans.
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The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the four European powers which had defeated Napoleon. The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers.
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Norway gained independence from Denmark. The Norwegians put an end to the Swedish tutelage in 1905.
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The British burned Washington D.C. This event was a backlash of the War of 1812.
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“Australia” becomes the official name of the southern continent. Perviously Australia was called the Southern Land and New Holland.
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Grecce gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire. The series of wars that took place are known as the Greek Revolution.
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Belgium gained its indepenedence from the Southern Netherlands. At the Congress of 1815, Belgium and Nothern Netherlands were combined as one State.
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A committee of the British House of Commons, investigating the condition of Aborigines in the Australian colonies, condemns the genocidal war being waged by settlers against the native peoples and declares that the Aborigines have a “plain right and sacred right” to their land.
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A fanicial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession. The unempolyment rate skyrockted while salaries and job payments declined. This will eventually lead the Great Depression.
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Captain George Grey explores portions of the West and Central Kimberley region and becomes the first European to describe the unique Wandjina images of Kimberley rock art.
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Italy was having a lot of trouble unifying and coming together as a nation. With help from France, Cavour built up Italian unity using the Kingdom of Piedmont & Sardinia as its starting point.
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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret escape routes to get slaves out of the slave states and into free states or Canada.
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The Crimean War was a military conflict fought for alliance. France and England become allies in order to combat Russian control of the Straits.
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A series of seven debates between Abraham Linconl and Republican cadiate from Illinois Setephen Douglas over slavery and states' right.
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The Roman Question was a huge dispute over the power of the Popes. For Italian patriots, Rome was the obvious capital of unified Italy, but the Pope refused to give up territory belonging to the heritage of Saint Peter.
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The Australian Natives’ Association (ANA), an organization of Australian-born white men, is established in Melbourne to promote the vision of a united Australia.
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The New South Wales and Victoria cricket team defeats England in the first cricket test played in Australia. This game was later called The First Test Match and will set the wheel for more cricket games.
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Laws the legalized racial segeration. With these laws african americans were racial insulted for the comfort of white people.
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Dawn of Art, an early exhibition of Aboriginal drawings, is held in Adelaide. These paintings came form the Chauvet Cave and are held at the National Museum of Australia.
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White outlaw Ned Kelly, who becomes a folk hero of the poor and underprivileged, is executed in Melbourne.
