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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






2. 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.






3. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






4. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






5. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






6. First Republic in Spain.






7. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






8. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






9. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






10. Independence of Luxembourg.






11. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






12. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






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






14. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






15. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






16. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






17. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






18. Second Anglo-Sikh War






19. Missouri Compromise






20. Independence of Bolivia.






21. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






22. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






23. The German Customs Union is formed.






24. The cardboard box is invented.






25. 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.






26. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






27. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






28. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






29. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






30. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






31. First isolation of aluminum.






32. 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.






33. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






34. Dreyfuss Affair






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






36. Uruguayan Civil War






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






38. Cairo falls to the British.






39. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






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






41. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






42. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






43. 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.






44. Italy annexes Eritrea.






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






46. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






47. TheFirst Boer War.






48. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






49. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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