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19th Century Timeline

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1. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






2. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






3. Russo-Persian War.






4. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






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






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7. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






8. The cardboard box is invented.






9. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






10. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






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






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






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






15. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






16. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






17. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






18. Navarino Massacre






19. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






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






21. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






22. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






23. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






24. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






25. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






27. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






28. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






29. Famine in Finland.






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






31. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






33. 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.






34. Basketball is invented.






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






36. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






37. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






38. France annexes Cambodia.






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






40. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






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






42. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






43. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






44. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






45. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






46. Telegraphy patented.






47. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






49. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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