When did the following event happen?

Construction on the Suez Canal is completed, linking the Mediterranean and Red Sea through Egypt.

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Beginning of Time

1895

German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers a form of penetrating high-energy electromagnetic radiation that he names X-radiation due to its then unknown nature, later to be called X-rays.

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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