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Asia Pacific 1900: Battle of Peking

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starts 1900

Eight-Nation Alliance captures Peking

starts 1945

Kyujo Incident

ends 1874

Austro-Hungarians discover Franz Josef Land

starts 1918

Flu pandemic strikes Africa, killing millions

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