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Egyptian emir Khedive Isma'il is deposed and replaced by Khedive Tawfiq.
Bolivia and Peru declare war on Chile over mining rights. The conflict, known as the War of the Pacific, is won by Chile in 1883.
22 January The Zulus win a stunning victory over the British at the Battle of Isandlwana in South Africa. The British recover and eventually defeat the Zulus; Zululand is then divided into thirteen separate kingdoms.
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