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| 1858 |
| | The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company | |
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| 1861 |
| | Mrs Henry Wood publishes her first novel, East Lynne, which becomes the basis of the most popular of all Victorian melodramas | |
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| 1886 |
| | Joseph Conrad becomes naturalized as a British subject and continues his career at sea in the far East | |
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| 1900 |
| | Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Lord Jim about a life of failure and redemption in the far East | |
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| 1908 |
| | International outrage at Congo atrocities forces Belgium to annexe King Leopold's private colony | |
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| 1909 |
| | Bernard Leach moves to Japan to study oriental traditions in the graphic arts | |
| | Stoneware box, Bernard Leach Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| 1916 |
| | Britain and France sign the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, dividing up spheres of influence in the Middle East | |
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| 1920 |
| | The Japanese potter Shoji Hamada accompanies Bernard Leach on his return to England | |
| | Stoneware jug, Shoji Hamada Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| c. 1931 |
| | Six million Russian peasants die after being transported to agricultural labour camps in Siberia | |
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| 1935 |
| | Mussolini uses a disagreement over grazing rights as a pretext for an empire-building invasion of Ethiopia | |
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