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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






3. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






4. First section of the London Underground opens.






5. Canadian Confederation formed.






6. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






9. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






10. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






11. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






12. The New Zealand Land Wars






13. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






14. Discovery of Antarctica






15. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






16. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






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






18. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






19. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






20. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






21. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






22. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






24. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






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






26. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






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






28. Persian Prophet the B






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






30. Independence of Luxembourg.






31. 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.






32. 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).






33. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






34. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






35. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






36. France annexes Cambodia.






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






38. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






39. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






40. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






41. Discovery of Antarctica






42. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






43. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






44. 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.






45. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






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






47. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






48. France invades and occupies Algeria.






49. Morphine first isolated.






50. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.