| YEAR |
FRANCE |
DAUMIER |
THE WORLD |
USA |
| 1870 |
Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) |
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| 1871 |
Paris Commune |
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Germany Unified |
William "Boss" Tweed corruption exposed; Yellowstone Park created |
| 1872 |
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Credit Mobilier scandal |
| 1873 |
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Timber Culture Act; Panic of 1873
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| 1874 |
First show of Impressionist Painters |
Purchases his residence in Valmondois with a gift of money from Corot |
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Barbed wire invented
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| 1875 |
Construction of the Statue of Liberty begins [Liberty Enlightening the World]
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| 1876 |
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Telephone Invented; Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia; Battle of Little Bighorn; First National League Baseball game
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| 1877 |
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Nearly blind; government awards pension |
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Railroad strike; Desert Land Act
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| 1878 |
Exposition Universelle (Paris)
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Exhibition at gallery of Durand-Ruel |
2nd Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80) |
Edison Electric Light Company created
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| 1879 |
Ferdinand de Lesseps organizes Panama Canal Company
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Daumier dies (February 10, Valmondois) |
Anglo-Boer War (1879-1902); Congress of Berlin |
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