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1881
Dec 28
| 1881 • The Pretoria Convention peace treaty is signed, officially ending the war between the Boers and Britain. |
1900
Age: 17y
| 1900 • Botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's Laws of Heredity. |
1910
Age: 27y
| 1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1917
Age: 34y
| 1917 • Following the October Revolution, Alexandra Kollontai is appointed People's Commissar for Social Welfare in the Council of People's Commissars of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the first woman cabinet minister in Europe. |
1954
Feb 9
Age: 72y
| 1954 • The Netherlands Antilles is created out of the Dutch Caribbean nations. It is later dissolved between 1986 and 2010. |