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1879
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Update Yeardata: 1879
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Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative). US President is Rutherford B. Hayes (R-Ohio). Anglo-Zulu War starts; Zulu troops massacre British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana but at Rorke's Drift outnumbered British soldiers fight back. In USA, Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting for the first time while back in the UK Blackpool Illuminations switch on for the first time.
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This was last updated on 19-Sep-2020 13:32:45