Russia’s parliament is called the Duma. It was first created in the Renaissance Era and functioned as an advisory committee for the Tsars; however, it was discontinued by Peter the Great and was not reinstituted until 1906 under Tsar Nicholas. Nowadays, the Duma is the lower house of the Russian legislative assembly. 

Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, at the end of the reign of their last emperor - Pedro II. Russia abolished slavery as early as 1723, but it is worth noting that Russia continued to persevere with serfdom until well into the nineteenth century. The United States abolished slavery in 1865, at the end of the Civil War. Argentina abolished slavery in 1853. Saudi Arabia did not abolish slavery until 1962, making it by far the last country to abolish slavery out of these options. The last country in the world to abolish slavery was Mauritania in 1981.

The First Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by a collection of British and Indian elites who were seeking greater political participation for themselves. However, over the years it transitioned into India’s leading organization pushing for Independence and immediately after independence the INC became the dominant political party in India’s newly-established democracy - a dominance that has only very recently been challenged by the rise of the Hindu-nationalist BJP. 

The present European Union was founded on November 1^st 1993. The European Union is a political and economic organization of European states designed to foster co-operation, transparency, and friendship. In terms of the wide prism of the whole of European history it can be viewed as a direct consequence of hundreds of years of brutal international European wars - the last two of which, World War’s One and Two were the most severe and all encompassing - and the desire to forever end war in Europe. 

The so-called "Great Migration" took place from approximately 1910 to 1970. It was a massive movement of African-Americans (roughly six million) from the South of the country to cities in the North and West. Cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles were primary destinations for African-American migration.

The Sepoy Uprising, which took place in India, was a revolt by native Indians serving in the English army—known as sepoys—against British rule.

The Boxer Rebellion was a revolt in China as a protest against foreign influence.

The Whiskey Rebellion was a revolt in the United States against taxation without representation.

Leopold II was King of Belgium from 1865-1909. He is primarily remembered for his establishment and subsequent gross exploitation of the Free Congo State. Leopold II believed that in order for Belgium to be a strong nation, it had to own colonies of its own, so he occupied and controlled the African Congo region. Millions of Congolese perished under the brutal and apathetic rule of the Belgians. The Congolese were enslaved to collect ivory and rubber, mutilated and murdered when they did not meet the quotas set by the Belgian authorities, and denied access to education and health care.

The Berlin Conference occurred in 1885 and was primarily concerned with dividing up the African territory amongst the European powers. It occurred at the height of the last era of European Imperialism. It also, notably, coincided with the rise of Germany and the growing aspirations of Leopold II of Belgium.

The United States defeated the waning Spanish empire in the Spanish-American War in 1898. As a result of the war, the United States briefly gained control over Cuba and the Philippines and somewhat permanently gained control of Puerto Rico and Guam. Many historians consider the Spanish-American War to be the moment where America emerged as the dominant imperial and global power of the twentieth century. Hawaii was annexed by the United States around the same time, in 1897, but would remain a territory until 1959, when a national referendum voted to join the United States as the fiftieth state in the Union.

The Suez Canal was built in Egypt by the British and the French in the nineteenth century. The motivation behind building the Suez Canal becomes immediately apparent when viewing a map. Before the canal was built, a ship sailing from India to Europe had to go around the whole continent of Africa, but the Suez Canal allows ships to sail directly from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, cutting down the journey's distance by more than half.