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19th Century Timeline

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






2. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






3. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






5. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






7. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






8. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






9. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






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






11. 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.






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13. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






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






16. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






17. 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.






18. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






19. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






20. July Revolution in France.






21. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






22. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






23. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






24. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






26. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






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28. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






29. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






30. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






31. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






32. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






33. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






34. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






35. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






37. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






38. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






39. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






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






41. Independence of Luxembourg.






42. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






43. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






44. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






45. Basketball is invented.






46. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






47. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






48. First gramophone record






49. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






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