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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Uruguayan Civil War






3. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






4. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






5. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






6. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






7. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






8. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






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






11. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






12. Telegraphy patented.






13. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






15. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






16. The cardboard box is invented.






17. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






18. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






19. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






20. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






21. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






22. Independence of Argentina






23. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






24. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






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






26. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






27. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






28. 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.






29. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






30. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






31. Volleyball is invented






32. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






34. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






35. France invades and occupies Algeria.






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






37. Basketball is invented.






38. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






39. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






40. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






41. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






42. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






43. The quagga is rendered extinct.






44. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






45. Slavery banned in Brazil.






46. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






47. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






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






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






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







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