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19th Century Timeline

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1. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






2. Wilhelm R






3. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






4. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






6. 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).






7. Suez Canal is constructed.






8. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






9. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






10. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






11. First steam locomotive begins operation.






12. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






13. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






14. Uruguayan Civil War






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






16. Peterloo massacre in England.






17. 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.






18. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






19. World's first oil refinery in Romania






20. Missouri Compromise






21. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






22. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






23. The Pony Express started.






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






25. The New Zealand Land Wars






26. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






27. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






28. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






29. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






30. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






31. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






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






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






34. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






36. SecondIndustrial Revolution






37. The German Customs Union is formed.






38. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






39. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






40. Slavery banned in Brazil.






41. First Anglo-Sikh War






42. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






43. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






44. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






45. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






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






47. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






48. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






49. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






50. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy