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19th Century Timeline

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1. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






3. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






4. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






5. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






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






7. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






8. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






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






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






12. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






13. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






14. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






15. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






16. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






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






19. Aspirin patented.






20. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






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






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






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






24. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






25. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






26. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






28. Germany gains control of Camaroon






29. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






30. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






31. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






32. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






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






35. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






36. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






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






39. Greco-Turkish War.






40. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






41. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






42. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






43. Th






44. Death of Alexander Pushkin






45. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






46. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






47. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






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






49. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






50. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar







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