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Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803)

1743 - 1803

James Watt perfects steam engine (1763)

1763

Spinning Mule Developed (1764)

1764

Reign of King Louis XVI (1774-1792)

1774 - 1792

American Revolution (1775-1783)

1775 - 1783

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830)

1783 - 1830

French Revolution (1789-1799)

1789 - 1799

Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

1791 - 1804

Cotton Gin developed (1793)

1793

Reign of Napoleon (1799-1812)

1799 - 1812

War of independence in Latin America (1810-1826)

1810 - 1826

Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)

1814 - 1815

War of Greek independence (1829)

1829

Opium War (1839-1842)

1839 - 1842

Communist Manifesto published (1848)

1848

Sepoy Rebellion (1848-1849)

1848 - 1849

Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)

1850 - 1864

Crimean War (1853-1856)

1853 - 1856

Bessemer process developed (1856)

1856

Origin of Species published (1859)

1859

Unification of Italy (1860-1870)

1860 - 1870

Unification of Germany (1866-1871)

1866 - 1871

Meiji restoration (1868)

1868

Suez Canal (1869)

1869

Berlin West Africa Conference (1878)

1878

Emmancipation of Russian Serfs (1881)

1881

Indian National Congress founded (1885)

1885

Boxer Rebellion (1898-1900)

1898 - 1900

Boer War (1899-1902)

1899 - 1902

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

1904 - 1905

Panama Canal (1905)

1905

All-India Muslim League founded (1906)

1906

Henry Ford Assembly Line (1913)

1913