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19th Century Timeline

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1. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






2. Wilhelm R






3. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






4. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






5. Dreyfuss Affair






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






7. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






8. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






9. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






10. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






12. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






13. The Trumpet gets valves.






14. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






16. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






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






18. Persian Prophet the B






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






20. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






21. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






22. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






23. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






24. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






25. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






26. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






27. World's first oil refinery in Romania






28. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






29. Russia abolishes serfdom.






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






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






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






33. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






34. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






36. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






37. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






39. World's first oil refinery in Romania






40. Italy annexes Eritrea.






41. 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.






42. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






43. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






44. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






45. The Bront






46. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






47. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






48. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






49. World population reaches 1 billion.






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