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19th Century Timeline

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1. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






2. The Bront






3. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






4. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






5. 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.






6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






7. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






8. Independence of Luxembourg.






9. Second Anglo-Sikh War






10. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






11. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






12. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






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






14. Famine in Finland.






15. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






17. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






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






19. World's first oil refinery in Romania






20. Siege of Khartoum






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






22. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






23. Uruguayan Civil War






24. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






25. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






26. Independence of Chile






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






28. Germany gains control of Camaroon






29. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






30. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






31. Navarino Massacre






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






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






34. Russia abolishes serfdom.






35. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






36. Chilean Civil War.






37. The New Zealand Land Wars






38. Dreyfuss Affair






39. Indian famine begins.






40. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






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






42. The Soci






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






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






45. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






46. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






47. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






48. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






49. The Communist Manifesto published.






50. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii