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Tomas Zumalakarregi is
born in Ormaiztegi
B e t w e e n . . . The British government founds a city in a vast land in the antipodes. Most of the colonists are convicts. What was the name of the city?
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Napoleon’s soldiers cross the border posing as allies. B e t w e e n . . . A new ship brings about a revolution in sea travel. Why? What was so special about it?
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Allies come to fight against Napoleon’s soldiers burn the city of San Sebastian to the ground. B e t w e e n . . . A South American independence fighter with a Basque surname is given the nickname the Liberator. One of the newly-liberated countries was even named after him. Who was he?
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The first regular stagecoach service is established from Madrid to Irun. B e t w e e n . . . Mankind sets foot on a cold land never before explored by humans. Where?
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Tomás Zumalakarregi defeats the liberal army time and time again during the 1st Carlist War. His brother Miguel, who was a liberal, asks him to swap sides. He refuses. B e t w e e n . . . German and Dutch farmers emigrate en masse to South Africa. What was the name given to these colonists?
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The peace treaty is signed in Bergara between liberals and Carlists, and sealed with an embrace. B e t w e e n . . . An invention that is to
change the face of photography is officially unveiled in Paris.
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Revolutions break out in many European countries, although the majority meet with little success. In the Basque Country, another Carlist War is attempted, although that too is doomed to failure. B e t w e e n . . . In America, California becomes the destination of thousands and thousands of people afflicted by a strange fever. What was happening?
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Eugenia de Montijo, the wife of the French emperor Napoleon III, makes the Basque coast fashionable when she starts going on holiday to Biarritz. B e t w e e n . . . From 1853 to 1856, an explorer travelled right across Africa. I presume you know his name?
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The revolution forces Isabel II into exile in France while she is on holiday in San Sebastián. B e t w e e n . . . An Asian empire begins
its own very special revolution. Without losing any of its unique identity,
it begins a process of western modernisation.
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The 2nd Carlist War ends. B e t w e e n . . . The famous 7th Calvary
of the United States, with General Custer at its head, is utterly defeated
at the Battle of Little Bighorn by the Lakhota (Sioux) and Cheyenne tribes.
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