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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






3. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






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






5. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






6. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






8. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






9. Dreyfuss Affair






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






11. Cairo falls to the British.






12. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






13. Chilean Civil War.






14. 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.






15. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






16. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






17. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






18. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






19. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






20. Persian Prophet the B






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






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






23. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






24. Canadian Confederation formed.






25. First gramophone record






26. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






27. The Communist Manifesto published.






28. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






29. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






30. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






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






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






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






35. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






36. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






37. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






38. Peterloo massacre in England.






39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






41. Indian famine begins.






42. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






44. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






45. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






46. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






47. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






48. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






49. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






50. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile







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