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Bonus puzzle #5 answers
Starting event: Kyoto University is founded (1869)
The full timeline
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532Politics
The Nika riots break out, during the racing season at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor Justinian I
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1346History
Jaume Ferrer sets out from Mallorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River
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1405War
Marking the start of the Ming treasure voyages, a Chinese expeditionary fleet led by Zheng He set sail for foreign regions of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean
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1694
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1791
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1804
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1832
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1849Books
American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later
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1869
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1876Politics
Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother, Abdul Hamid II
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1911Transport
Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship
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1930
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1970Space
Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster
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1972
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1977War
The Golden Dragon massacre occurred in Chinatown, San Francisco, United States, leaving five people dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city
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1983Transport
Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequently raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths
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1994Disaster
A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24
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1997Landmarks
The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts
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2007
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2008
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2018