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This year in history
In the year 1830

	May 13th	Ecuador gained its independence from the rule of Gran Colombia.
	May 24th	One of the worlds most famous nursery rhymes, 'Mary had a little lamb' was published by Sarah Hale, a resident of New Hampshire, USA.
	July 5th	French forces invaded Algeria. The conquest of Algeria took almost 70 years a time during which it is speculated that a third of its population died as a direct result of the war. Algeria regained its independence in 1962 after an 8 year long struggle against the French.
	July 10th	French painter, Camille Pissarro, was born in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, an island in the Caribbean Sea. He is widely considered as one of the leading French Impressionist painters of all time.

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