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1902

1902 eruption of Santa María

Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

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1901

Annie Edson Taylor

Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

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1900

Danish West Indies

U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.

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1894

First Sino-Japanese War

First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.

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1889

Henry Parkes

Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

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1886

Normanton incident

Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.

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1876

Shinpūren rebellion

Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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1871

Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871

An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

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1861

First transcontinental telegraph

The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

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1860

Convention of Peking

Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.

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