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| 1 | 1865 | - 1865—1866:
SA - Albania Settlement Scheme
- 1865—1865:
SA - Ostriches first domesticated.
- 1865—1866:
SA - Economic depression throughout South Africa. War between Orange Free State and Basutos.
- 1865—1865:
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) becomes first woman doctor in England [she later became the first woman mayor in England, in Aldeburgh 1908]
- 1865—1865:
First concrete roads built in Britain
- 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865:
End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA
- 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865:
Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
- 5 Jul 1865—5 Jul 1865:
William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London
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| 2 | 1866 | - 1866—1866:
SA - India officially stops sending Indian labourers to Natal.
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| 3 | 1867 | - Apr 1867—1867:
SA - 21.25 carat diamond found near Hopetown.
- 1 Jul 1867—1 Jul 1867:
The British North America Act takes effect, creating the Canadian Confederation
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| 4 | 1868 | - 1868—1869:
SA - Korana War along Orange River
- 1868—1868:
Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia)
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| 5 | 1869 | - 1869—1869:
SA - Railway from Port Nolloth to O'Kiep
- 1869—1869:
SA - Star of South Africa diamond discovered. Gold and diamond rush starts.
- 1869—1869:
Ball bearings, celluloid, margarine, and washing machines, all invented
- 23 Nov 1869—23 Nov 1869:
Cutty Sark launched in Dumbarton
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