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19th Century Timeline

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1. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






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






3. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






6. First Anglo-Sikh War






7. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






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






9. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






10. Cairo falls to the British.






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






12. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






13. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






14. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






15. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






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






18. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






19. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






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






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






23. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






25. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






26. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






27. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






28. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






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






30. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






31. Peterloo massacre in England.






32. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






33. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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35. Second Anglo-Sikh War






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37. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






38. Navarino Massacre






39. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






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41. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






42. Telegraphy patented.






43. Chilean Civil War.






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






45. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






46. 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






47. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






48. Missouri Compromise






49. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






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