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Australia becomes a Penal colony.
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Giant rebellion in China which established the Qing dynasty
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A civil war for the freedoms of Black African Slaves. Between the Confederacy and the Union. Eventually, the Northerners (Union) came out victorious.
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The only son of Emperor Wilhelm of Germany and pervious King of Prussia. He was married to the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.
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At age 83 conservative Prussian statesman, who dominated politics around Central and Northern Europe, Otto von Bismarck dies.
