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1869 AD

Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table.

Spartan forces win the Battle of Coronea.

Christians are persecuted by Diocletian.

Robert F. Kennedy assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian/Jordanian immigrant.

Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein.

The Roman Colosseum and the Baths of Titus are completed.

Microscope invented by Galileo Galilei.

Vision of Muhammad.

Great fire of London.

Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner.

Caesar becomes dictator of Rome.

Caligula is assassinated as a result of his extravagance and quest for unconstrained personal power.