during Jefferson's inauguration day, the state still hasn't have proper place for the inauguration because they still hasn't finished the capitol building.
Now we already had the capitol building (the white house) which always be used for new president inauguration.
Great Britain gained control of the Suez Canal in 1875 even though it did not finance or participate in its construction. Egypt found themselves in debt so they sold their shares of the Suez Canal to Great Britain.
South Korea becoming a communist country after China tried to take over.