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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






4. Telegraphy patented.






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






6. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






7. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






8. Cairo falls to the British.






9. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






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12. California Gold Rush






13. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






14. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






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






16. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






17. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






18. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






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






20. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






22. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






23. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






24. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






25. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






26. Famine in Finland.






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






28. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






29. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






30. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






31. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






32. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






33. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






34. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






35. 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






36. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






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






38. 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.






39. Discovery of Antarctica






40. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






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






42. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






43. The Communist Manifesto published.






44. The cardboard box is invented.






45. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






46. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






47. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






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






50. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.