
1850 - Bef 1859 (< 9 years)
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1 | 1845 | - 1845—1852: The Irish Potato Famine or the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration, approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland.
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2 | 1850 | - 1 Jun 1850: Ship Scindian arrives with first convicts for Swan River Colony, numbering 75.
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3 | 1851 | - 1851—1861: Victorian gold rush.
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4 | 1856 | - 1856: Neanderthal man first identified.
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5 | 1859 | - 24 Nov 1859: Charles Darwin publishes \'The Origin of Species\'
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