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19th Century Timeline

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1. Carlist Wars in Spain.






2. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






3. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






4. July Revolution in France.






5. Independence of Luxembourg.






6. The Caste War of Yucat






7. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






8. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






9. Russo-Persian War.






10. Discovery of Antarctica






11. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






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






13. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






14. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






15. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






16. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






17. The Trumpet gets valves.






18. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






19. Germany gains control of Camaroon






20. Mormon migration to Utah.






21. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






22. Chilean Civil War.






23. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






24. First Anglo-Sikh War






25. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






26. Famine in Finland.






27. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






28. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






29. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






30. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






31. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






32. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






33. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






34. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






35. Siege of Khartoum






36. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






37. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






38. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






39. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






40. Basketball is invented.






41. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






42. Persian Prophet the B






43. The Communist Manifesto published.






44. Second Anglo-Sikh War






45. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






46. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






47. Aspirin patented.






48. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






49. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






50. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)