| YEAR |
FRANCE |
DAUMIER |
THE WORLD |
USA |
| 1880 |
Frances annexes Tahiti
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Population of US reaches 50,100,000
|
| 1881 |
Freedom of Press established;
Paris Population 2.2 million
|
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James Garfield inaugurated President; later assassinated; Chester A. Arthur becomes President
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| 1882 |
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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| 1883 |
France gains control of Tunis
|
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3rd Anglo-Burmese War |
Light Bulb Invented; Construction of Brooklyn Bridge completed
|
| 1884 |
Statue of Liberty completed in Paris
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Grover Cleveland elected President
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| 1885 |
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| 1886 |
Bonaparte and Orleans families banished from France;
Last Impressionist exhibition, Paris
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| 1887 |
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Interstate Commerce Act
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| 1888 |
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Benjamin Harrison elected President
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| 1889 |
Eiffel Tower constructed; Exposition Universelle (Paris);
Panama Canal Company goes bankrupt;
General Boulanger flees Paris
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Jane Addams opens Hull House in Chicago
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