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1704	Battle of Blenheim; Marlborough and Eugene inflicted a crushing defeat of the French army.
1707	Union of England and Scotland.
1763	Treaty of Paris; it ended the Seven Years War (1756 – 63); weakened France, made England a great colonial power.
1776	Declaration of American Independence and formation of a Federal Republic of 13 states called the Union States of America.
1783	Treaty of Versailles; England recognised the independence of the United States of America.
1789	George Washington elected First President of USA. Beginning of French Revolution; Fall of the Bastille Fort (July 14).
1798	Battle of the Nile. The English under Nelson gained victory over the French.
1805	Battle of Trafalgar; Death of Nelson. Battle of Austerliz – Napolean Bonaparte rounted a combined army of the Russians and the Austrians.
1815	Battle of Waterloo- Napolean was defeated and exiled to St. Helena. Congress of Vienna, it aimed at rearranging the map of Europe; The Vienna settlement proved unsatisfactory because it disregarded national claims.
1821	Death of Napoleon at St. Helena (May 5).
1827	Battle of Navatino; the allied fleets of England, Russia and France destroyed the Turkish fleet; This victory practically secured the independence of Greece.
1833	Emancipation Act of 1833; It abolished slavery in the British dominions.
1837	Accession of Queen Victoria to the throne of England.
1839	Introduction of Penny Postage system in England by Sir Rowland Hill: Aden annexed by England.
1854	The Crimean War began, Russia attacked Turkey; England and France came to the rescue of Turkey.
1861	American Civil War started Abraham Lincoln elected 16^th President of USA.
1863	Slavery abolished in America.
1869	Suez Canal opened for traffic.
1885	General Gordon captured and slain at Khartoum.
1899	Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war.
1905	Battle of the sea of Japan; Japan inflicted a crushing naval defeat on Russia; a wave of nationalism spread in Asia.
1911	Chinese Republican Revolution; Amundsen reached South Pole (December 14).
1914	Outbreak of World War I (August 4).
1916	Battle of Jutland (Naval Battle). The British Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellico defeated the German Fleet under Admiral Scheer.
1917	Revolution in Russia; the Czar abdicated and later assassinated; reformist Mensheviks came into power (Prince Lvov, Kerensky).
1918	End of World War I (November 11).
1919	The Paris Conference; the Treaty of Versailles.

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