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The American and French revolutions

1775 – 1799

Independence of Haiti

1804-01-01

Conquest by French revolutionary troops

1794

The White Lotus Rebellion

1796-1804

Opstand van de Witte Lotus daagt het Qing-gezag uit

1794-1804

Dissolution of the VOC

1799-12-31

industrialization and urbanization

ca. 1800 - 1900

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Invention of the Smallpox Vaccine

1796

Leap into the void: the first parachute jump

1797-10-22

Invention of the Electric Battery

1800

Native American ceremonial dance traditions

from ancient times to today

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

Irish riverdance evolves from folk roots to global phenomenon

from the 18th century to 1994 and beyond

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden