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1852
Sep 10
| 1852 • The new Palace of Westminster was opened in London. |
1860
Age: 7y
| 1860 • The First Taranaki War begins at Waitara, New Zealand, when Māori refuse to sell land to British settlers. |
1870
Age: 17y
| 1870 • The Canadian province of Manitoba is created in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion. |
1900
Age: 47y
| 1900 • The arrival of a Russian naval fleet in Korea causes concern to the Imperial Japanese government. |
1908
May 29
Age: 55y
| 1908 • At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom. |