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The expansion of the British Empire began.
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Willem Janszoon became the first European to set foot on Australian soil.
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Slave trade rapidly expanded due to European powers (The Dutch, English, and French), establishing plantation economies in the Caribbean and Americas.
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Marking a shift from manual lab our to machine driven economies.
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James Hargraeves
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British Lieutenant James Cook reaches the Eastern Coastlines of Australia.
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The beginning and end of the War of Independence.
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The First Fleet arrives in Port Jackson.
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King Louis XVI was executed, French revolution began, society overthrew the monarchy.
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Edward Jenner injected the Smallpox vaccine into his son.
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The Frontier wars rage across Australia, with conflict and violence against First Nations Australians widespread.
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Britian passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
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John Oxley sails to Moreton Bay under the orders of the Governor.
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Penal colony relocation to Moreton Bay from Redcliffe.
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Melbourne was founded, and there was an argument on who takes credit,
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First long-distance Telegraph message transmitted by Morse and transcribed in his hand - Samuel Morse
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America passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
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Women protest for the right to vote. The Suffragette Movement
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Women are now eligible to vote in the British Isles.
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South Australia gives women the right to vote and be elected to Parliament.
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Australia becomes a Federation - Commonwealth of Australia.
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Trench Warfare. Beginning of World War 1.
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The Russian Revolution led by peasants.
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The Romanoff Family Murdered.
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A new leader of the Soviet Union.