a2zinterviews

Year(AD)	Days
1833	Emancipation Act of 1833; It abolished slavery in the British dominions.
1837	Accession of Queen Victoria to the throne of England.
1839	Introduction of Penny Postage system in England by Sir Rowland Hill: Aden annexed by England.
1854	The Crimean War began, Russia attacked Turkey; England and France came to the rescue of Turkey.
1861	American Civil War started Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of USA.
1863	Slavery abolished in America.
1869	Suez Canal opened for traffic.
1885	General Gordon captured and slain at Khartoum.
1899	Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war.
1905	Battle of the sea of Japan; Japan inflicted a crushing naval defeat on Russia; a wave of nationalism spread in Asia.
1911	Chinese Republican Revolution; Amundsen reached South Pole (December 14).
1914	Outbreak of World War I (August 4).
1916	Battle of Jutland (Naval Battle). The British Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellico defeated the German Fleet under Admiral Scheer.
1917	Revolution in Russia; the Czar abdicated and later assassinated; reformist Mensheviks came into power (Prince Lvov, Kerensky).
1918	End of World War I (November 11).
1919	The Paris Conference; the Treaty of Versailles.