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19th Century Timeline

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1. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






2. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






3. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






4. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






5. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






6. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






7. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






9. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






10. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






11. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






12. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






13. The German Customs Union is formed.






14. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






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






16. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






17. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






18. First steam locomotive begins operation.






19. France invades and occupies Algeria.






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






21. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






22. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






23. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






24. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






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






26. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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






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






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






31. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






32. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






33. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






34. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






35. 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.






36. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






37. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






39. Death of Alexander Pushkin






40. Independence of Chile






41. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






42. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






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






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






45. Second Anglo-Sikh War






46. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






47. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






48. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






49. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






50. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.







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