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Battle of Waterloo is fought and lost by the French Army, marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Beginning of Time

1997

In a rematch to a set of games played the year before, IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov 3.5 to 2.5.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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