| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 1832-1905 | Hudson Taylor lives |
| 1839-42 and 1856-60 | Two Opium wars are fought between China & Great Btitain, "Unequal Treaties" are negotiated, opening more Chinese ports to trade and giving controle of Hong-Kong to Great Britian |
| 1853-1854 | Commador Matthew Perry nagotiates trading agreement with Japan, ending its isolationisom |
| 1856 | Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War |
| 1854 | Florance Nightingale organizes an army hospital at Scutari |
| 1860 | Garibaldi takes Sicily and Naples |
| 1868 | The 14th Amendment guarantees to all freed slaves the status of a full U.S. citizen |
| 1852 | Napoleon the III declares himself Emperor of France |
| 1858 | First Trans-Atlantic Telegraph cable connectes American & European telegraph networks |
| 1861-1865 | Abraham Lincoln is 16th president of the U.S. |
| September, 1862 | Battle of Antietam |
| July, 1863 | Battle of Gettysburg |
| 1869 | Transcontinental Railroad is completed |
| 1876 | Gorge Custer and his men are killed at Little Big Horn, Montana, by the Sioux |
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