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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






2. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






3. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






4. Aspirin patented.






5. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






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7. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






8. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






9. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






11. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






12. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






13. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






14. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






15. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






16. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






17. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






18. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






19. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






20. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






21. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






22. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






23. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






24. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






25. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






26. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






27. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






28. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






29. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






30. The Caste War of Yucat






31. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






32. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






33. Persian Prophet the B






34. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






35. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






36. First electric motor built.






37. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






38. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






39. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






40. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






41. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






42. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






43. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






44. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






45. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






46. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






47. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






48. Chilean Civil War.






49. The Trumpet gets valves.






50. The Bront






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