Occupied by Britain in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year, and various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century.

By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all of India.

This painting obviously belongs to the 19th century.

The history of western Africa in the 19th century is closely bound to American history.

In the 19th century, European powers carved up Africa, and claimed huge territories of the continent as their colonies.

In the mid 19th century, the waste for some 3 million Londoners was channelled into rivers that flowed into the Thames.

In the late 19th century, French builder François Coignet constructed the first example of a steel-reinforced concrete structure in Paris.

Solid blocks of tea were used as currency in Siberia until the 19th century.

In the mid 19th century, the waste for some 3 million Londoners was channelled into rivers that flowed into the Thames.

During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the U.

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expanded across the North American continent.

Nobody knows where the body of the French philosopher Voltaire is, it was stolen from its tomb in the 19th century, and has never been recovered.

The average life span of residents of London, England in the middle of the 19th century was 27 years.

In the late 19th century, economic development in Monaco was spurred with a railroad linkup to France, and the opening of a casino.

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