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19th Century Timeline

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1. World population reaches 1 billion.






2. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






3. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






4. The Pony Express started.






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. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






8. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






9. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






10. The Bront






11. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






12. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






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






14. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






15. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






16. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






17. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






18. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






20. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






21. Chilean Civil War.






22. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






24. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






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






27. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






28. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






29. Discovery of Antarctica






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






31. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






32. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






33. Missouri Compromise






34. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






35. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






36. Siege of Khartoum






37. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






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






39. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






40. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






41. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






43. Independence of Luxembourg.






44. The Pony Express ended.






45. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






46. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






47. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






48. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






49. First gramophone record






50. Discovery of Antarctica