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World history dates 1500–1899

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Luther publishes his Ninety-five Theses 1517
The first circumnavigation of the world is completed 1522
The Spanish Armada is defeated 1588
The Mayflower reaches North America 1620
The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War 1648
The US Declaration of Independence 1776
The Battle of Waterloo 1815
The Communist Manifesto is published 1848
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species 1859
The American Civil War begins 1861
Slavery is abolished in the United States 1865
The Suez Canal opens 1869
Germany is unified as an empire 1871
The Eiffel Tower is completed 1889
The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens 1896
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