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Seven Years War BeginsDeclaration of Independence (American Revolution)Industrial Revolution begins in Great Britain with the textile industry (Watt steam engine patented)French RevolutionHaitian independenceDefeat of Napoleon & the Congress of ViennaIndependence in Latin America1st opium war in China & Tanzimat Reforms (Ottomans)Failed European revolutions/Marx & Engels write Communist ManifestoCommodore Perry (USA) opens Japan to tradeSepoy Mutiny (India)End of Russian serfdomEmancipation Proclamation in USTaiping Rebellion ends (China)Meiji Restoration begins (Japan)German unificationBerlin Conference - division of Africa (European Imperialism)Spanish-American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico)Boer War - British in control of South Africa
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