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Events and Trends

Technology

Science

  • Ludwig Boltzmann's statistical definition of thermodynamic entropy

    War, peace and politics

  • Franco-Prussian War (18701871) results in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in the formation of both the French Third Republic and the German Empire
  • The Anglo-Zulu War lasts from 11 January 1879 - 4 July 1879.
  • Continuing expansion of the British Empire; beginning of the New Imperialism
  • Bulgaria and Romania declare independence following war against the Ottoman Empire
  • Passive resistance is used to prevent the confiscation of Māori land at Parihaka in New Zealand
  • Emergence of German Empire and Alliance System

    Literature and Arts

  • Mr. Jules Verne (France) publishes Around The World in Eighty Days which is still being bought by people around the world.
  • In the United States, continuation of post-Civil War reconstruction until its conclusion under President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877
  • Jeanne Calment, born 1875, would eventually become the longest-living human being in recorded history. She lived until 1997, at the age of 122. She still holds the record as of 2008.
  • Atlas Bear goes extinct.

    World Leaders

  • Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
  • Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada)
  • Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie (Canada)
  • Tongzhi Emperor (China)
  • Guangxu Emperor (China)
  • Emperor Wilhelm I (German Empire)
  • Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (German Empire)
  • King Victor Emmanuel II (Italy)
  • King Umberto I (Italy)
  • Emperor Meiji (Japan)
  • Pope Pius IX
  • Pope Leo XIII
  • Emperor Alexander II (Russia)
  • King Alfonso XII (Spain)
  • Queen Victoria (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
  • President Ulysses S. Grant (United States)
  • President Rutherford B. Hayes (United States)
  • Nasser-al-Din Shah of Qajar dynasty (Persia)Further Information

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