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Hawaii Annexed

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Hawaiian Monarchy Overthrown

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Paper Duty Abolished

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Philippine-American War Begins 1899

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Publication of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" 1884

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Irish Potato Famine Begins

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London- Birmingham railway line opens

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Eric Wood - "The Boy's Book of Battles"

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Percy Byshee Shelley writes "Mask of Anarchy."

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John Limbird publishes 'The Mirror'

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