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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






3. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






4. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






5. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






6. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






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






8. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






9. Siege of Khartoum






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






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






12. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






13. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






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






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






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






17. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






18. 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.






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






20. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






21. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






22. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






24. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






25. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






26. First isolation of aluminum.






27. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






28. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






29. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






30. The Communist Manifesto published.






31. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






32. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






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






34. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






35. Independence of Chile






36. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






37. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






38. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






39. The Trumpet gets valves.






40. Dreyfuss Affair






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






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






43. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






44. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






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






46. Missouri Compromise






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






48. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






49. France invades and occupies Algeria.






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