52 Tales of 2018 - Reverse Map Game 2017 - 1870

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1870
Americas
Midgard County native language statistics.
Minnesota Norse 90%
English 8%
Other 2%
(Doesn't indicate numbers of those who are bilingual)

The proportion of Minnesota Norse speakers in eastern Minnesota overall, the number drops below 43%.
In Minnesota overall, the number drops below 23.5%.
Within the US overall (excluding Minnesota) it drops below 5%.

The proportion of Wisconsin Norse speakers in Wisconsin drops below 0.4%.

In Alabama, new laws made it legal to maim slaves if they attempted escape. (Of course, this gave more cruel masters more excuse to treat slaves as less than nothing.)


Europe
The Irish rebels loose territory in the south of the island.


Africa
The Scots invade the Shona kingdom, while continuing to advance against the Ndebele.

The Germans invade the Kingdom of Kanem.


Asia
Japan joins the Manchurians in an invasion of Korea.


Oceania
Antipodea
The Federalist rebellion continues to spread, especially in Capricornia.

So does the Rationalist rebellion.


New South Wales
Armidale's population reaches 1680.

Dubbo's population reaches 2700.
The Western Railway reaches Dubbo in November, with the first train service running just before Christmas.[1]

[1] OTL, the railway didn't reach Dubbo until 1881...