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19th Century Timeline

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1. Discovery of Antarctica






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






3. First gramophone record






4. Russo-Persian War.






5. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






7. Volleyball is invented






8. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






9. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






10. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






11. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






12. Death of Alexander Pushkin






13. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






14. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






16. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






17. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






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






20. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






21. 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.






22. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






23. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






24. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






26. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






27. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






28. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






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






30. The Bront






31. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






33. Independence of Argentina






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35. First steam locomotive begins operation.






36. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






37. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






39. First isolation of aluminum.






40. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






41. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






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






43. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






44. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






45. First Republic in Spain.






46. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






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






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






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






50. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony