*The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France *The Supreme Court of the United States establishes judicial review in Marbury v. Madison *Jean-Jacques Dessalines and his Haitian army defeats Napoleonic troops in the Battle of Vertières
*Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' is published *The United States destroys the city of York (present-day Toronto) *Simón Bolívar is given the title of El Libertador and is named President of Venezuela
*The congress of Central America declares its independence, forming the Federal Republic of Central America *Agustín de Iturbide abdicates, ending the First Mexican Empire *James Monroe introduces the Monroe Doctrine in U.S. foreign policy
*The city of Chicago is established *The British Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act *Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, igniting the First Carlist War
*The Great Migration of the Oregon Trail departs *The Danish government re-establishes the Althing in Iceland *The Thames Tunnel is opened under London
*The Crimean War begins *Commodore Perry arrives in Edo Bay *The U.S. makes the Gadsden Purchase
*Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation *The first section of the London Underground is opened *Prince Wilhelm George of Denmark is proclaimed George I of Greece
*King Amadeo I of Spain is deposed and proclaims the First Spanish Republic *Canada establishes the Royal Canadian Mounted Police *Budapest is formed when the cities of Buda, Pest, and Óbuda merge
*The Brooklyn Bridge is opened to traffic *Krakatoa erupts, killing 36,000 people *Work begins on the still-unfinished Sagrada Família
*New Zealand becomes the first country in the world granting women the right to vote *The World's Columbian Exposition begins in Chicago *Gandhi arrives in South Africa
*Orville Wright successfully flies the first airplane *Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the U.S. *The Tour de France is run for the first time
*The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War *The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, creating income taxes *Australia begins construction of Canberra
*Vladimir Lenin retires as Chairman of the Soviet government *France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area of Germany in order to force reparations *The first issue of Time magazine is published
*Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany *The U.S. Congress votes for the Philippines to be independent *Franklin D. Roosevelt holds his first Fireside chat and begins the New Deal
*The German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad *The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia *Benito Mussolini is arrested and replaced as Prime Minister of Italy
*Watson and Crick announce the discovery of the structure of DNA *Joseph Stalin dies following a stroke *The United States announces the development of the hydrogen bomb
*John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas *George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama and proclaims support for segregation in his inauguration *Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
*The Yom Kippur war between Israel and a coalition of Arab states occurs *The United States legalizes abortion following Roe v. Wade *The World Trade Center is opened in New York City
*Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space *Tokyo Disneyland opens *ARPANET's transfer to TCP/IP is officially completed, marking the beginning of the internet
*Czechoslovakia is dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia *ATF officials raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas *The Battle of Mogadishu occurs in Somalia
*The Iraq War begins between Iraq and a U.S.-led coalition *Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during re-entry on its last flight *The Human Genome Project is completed
*Benedict XVI resigns as pope *Edward Snowden leaks information about U.S. government surveillance *President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, is deposed in a coup d'état
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