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1752

Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a thunderstorm and discovers electricity

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1760

The Industrial Revolution
begins in England

1762

Catherine II (Catherine the Great) becomes the czarina of Russia

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1773

The Boston Tea Party

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1775

Cheng I Sao is born

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1789

George Washington becomes the first American President

1793

Marie Antoinette is executed

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1799

The Rosetta Stone is discovered
in Egypt

1801

Cheng marries
Cheng I Sao

1804

Haiti becomes independent of
France

1810

Cheng I Sao retires from
a life of piracy

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1812

Napoleon invades Russia

1820

Harriet Tubman is born

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1826

The world’s first photograph is taken by Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce

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1830

The first passenger steam
train service begins

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1834

Mount Vesuvius erupts
(again)

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1836

The Battle of the Alamo

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1844

Cheng I Sao dies as the age of 69