 1859 - 1911 (52 years)
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| 1 | 1861 | - 1861: - 1865 American civil war between the emancipationist North and the slaveowning South.
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| 2 | 1865 | - 1865: After the defeat of the south the thirteenth amendment passed effectively abolishing slavery in the USA.
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| 3 | 1867 | - 1867: Canada Becomes A Dominion
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| 4 | 1872 | - 1872: Public Health Act establishes urban & rural sanitary authorities.
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| 5 | 1873 | - 1873: Return of Owners of Land is made listing owners of more than 1 acre in Britain & Ireland.
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| 6 | 1875 | - 1875: Civil registration of Births and Deaths now a legal obligation.
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| 7 | 1879 | |
| 8 | 1882 | - 1882: Married Women's Property Act
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| 9 | 1889 | - 1889: Boer War begins. Ends 1902
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| 10 | 1890 | - 1890: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
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| 11 | 1894 | - 1894: Third Reform Bill Votes for Agricultural Workers
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| 12 | 1901 | - 1901: Edward VII King of England 1901 - 1910
- 1901: Australia joins the Commonwealth
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| 13 | 1902 | - 1902: The Cremation Act enables public burial authorities to provide & maintain crematoriums out of the rates.
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| 14 | 1905 | - 1905: Aliens Act limits immigration
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| 15 | 1906 | - 1906: British Labour Party Formed
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| 16 | 1910 | - 1910: George V King of England 1910 - 1936
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| 17 | 1911 | - 1911: 1911 - 1912 Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers
- 1911: Census: Pop. England & Wales 36M, Scotand 4.6M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
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