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Date |
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| 1 | 1837 | - 1837—1837: Queen Victoria's accession to the throne of England
Queen Victoria's accession to the throne of England
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| 2 | 1861 | - 12 Apr 1861—9 May 1865: American Civil War
American Civil War
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| 3 | 1863 | - 1 Jan 1863—6 Dec 1865: End of Slavery USA
President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation and then the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.
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| 4 | 1865 | - 13 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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| 5 | 1867 | - 1867—22 May 1867: The British North America Act
The British North America Act passes the British Parliament, uniting the former United Provinces (Quebec and Ontario) plus Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a new self-governing colony, the Dominion of Canada.
- 1867—1 Jul 1867: Dominion of Canada
The British North America Act takes effect, and John A. MacDonald is inaugurated as the first prime minister of Canada.
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| 6 | 1871 | - 1871—25 Jul 1871: British Columbia
British Columbia becomes the sixth province of Canada.
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| 7 | 1873 | - 1873—1 Jul 1873: Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island becomes the seventh province of Canada.
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| 8 | 1880 | - 16 Dec 1880—23 Mar 1881: First Boer War
First Boer War
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| 9 | 1899 | - 11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902: Second Boer War
Second Boer War
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| 10 | 1904 | - 1904—1905: Russiao-Japan War
Russiao-Japan War
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| 11 | 1905 | - 1905—1 Sep 1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan
Alberta and Saskatchewan are separated from the Northwest Territories to become the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.
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| 12 | 1911 | - 1911—1912: Chinese Revolution
Chinese Revolution
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| 13 | 1914 | - 2 Aug 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
World War I
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| 14 | 1917 | - Nov 1917—Oct 1922: Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
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| 15 | 1918 | - 1918—24 May 1918: Right to Vote
Women are granted the right to vote in Canadian federal elections. Provinces follow suit at different times between 1916 and 1940.
- Jan 1918—Dec 1920: Spanish Flu Pandemic
Spanish Flu Pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. •Approximately 20% to 40% of the worldwide population became ill
•An estimated 50 million people died
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| 16 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939—2 Sep 1945: World War II
World War II
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| 17 | 1970 | - 1970—16 Oct 1970: War Measures Act
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau evokes the martial law powers of the War Measures Act to crack down on separatist terrorists in Quebec following the assassination of vice-premier Pierre Laporte.
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| 18 | 1991 | - 1991—1991: Gulf War
Gulf War
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