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19th Century Timeline

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1. Russo-Persian War.






2. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






4. Discovery of Antarctica






5. The cardboard box is invented.






6. The Decembrist revolt






7. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






9. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






10. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






11. Aspirin patented.






12. 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.






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






14. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






15. World population reaches 1 billion.






16. Persian Prophet the B






17. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






18. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






19. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






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






21. The Pony Express started.






22. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






23. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






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






25. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






26. TheFirst Boer War.






27. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






29. Th






30. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






31. Carlist Wars in Spain.






32. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






33. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






34. First electric motor built.






35. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






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






37. Dreyfuss Affair






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






39. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






40. Germany gains control of Camaroon






41. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






42. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






44. Wilhelm R






45. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






46. Basketball is invented.






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






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






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






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







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