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2,011 AD

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies in California.

This question uses 2011 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

Jobs had helped build Apple into a major personal-computing and consumer-electronics company.

1,919 AD

Germany and the Allied powers sign the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War.

This question uses 1919 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The treaty imposed territorial changes, military restrictions, and reparations on Germany.

1,816 AD

Unusually cold weather brings the period remembered as the Year Without a Summer.

This question uses 1816 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The climatic disruption followed Mount Tambora's eruption and damaged harvests in parts of Europe and North America.

1,807 AD

Britain passes legislation prohibiting its participation in the slave trade.

This question uses 1807 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The act targeted the trade in enslaved people; it did not itself abolish slavery throughout British colonies.

1,815 AD

Andrew Jackson's troops defeat a British attack near New Orleans.

This question uses 1815 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The engagement occurred during the War of 1812, shortly after negotiators had signed a peace treaty overseas.