The Transformers Collection Count & Historical Events Game

[GoktimusPrime]

1869:

* William Lanne(y), the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal, dies. William Crowther (Member for Hobart Town and future Premier of Tasmania), dismembers Lanney's body. He also removed the skull and sent it to the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Even in 1869 this act outraged many people; a brawl ensued outside the Council chambers. Crowther was reprimanded.

* Mahatma Gandhi is born.

* All Japanese domains are returned to Emperor Meiji, forming a fully centralised government. This is the second year of the Meiji Period where Japan is thrust out of being an isolated feudal society to becoming a modern industrialised nation.

[GoktimusPrime]

1870:
* The fireman's pole is invented.
* In the United States, blacks and women gain the right to vote.
* Japan adopts the Hinomaru ("Circle of the Sun") as its flag.

[Raider]

Well it's probably not 100% accurate (doesn't include my Armada, Binaltech, TP and micros teams are counted as one) but my count is 537 so:
*The construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is completed.
*Battle of Camlann: King Arthur fights his last battle against the forces of his rebellious son Mordred and is mortally wounded.
*Pope Vigilius succeeds Silverius as the 59th pope, when the latter is deposed by Belisarius at the order of Justinian I.

Source: Wikipedia

[UltimateGalvatron]

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Saint Peter becomes the first pope
Roman Emperor Marcus Salvius Otho is born
Gnaues Domitus Ahenobarbus and Lucius Arruntias Camillus Scribonianus become Roman Consuls (that was a mouthful to type

[Raider]

Updated my count to 598:
*the year began on a Wednesday
*and really not a whole lot else... well nothing really worth mentioning anyway.

[GoktimusPrime]

1879:
* The Anglo-Zulu War begins. Napoléon IV (great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte and pretender to the French throne) is killed in this war.
* Albert Einstein is born.
* The Kingdom of Ryuukyuu is annexed by Japan, becoming the Prefecture of Okinawa. Ryuukyuu's last king, Shoutai, is exiled to Tokyo and stripped of his royal title, however is granted the title of marquis in compensation.
* Ned Kelly writes the Jerilderie Letter.
* The Torres Strait Islands are annexed by the British colony of Queensland, Australia.
* Thomas Edison invents the first practical light bulb.

[GoktimusPrime]

1887:
* Louis Pasteur establishes L'Institut Pasteur (The Pasteur Institute), a not-for-profit organisation which continues to dedicate itself to the study of micro-biology, diseases and vaccinations.
* Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile.
* Anne Sullivan begins to teach Helen Keller. They become life long friends.