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19th Century Timeline

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1. Independence of Argentina






2. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






3. Independence of Bolivia.






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






5. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






6. The Caste War of Yucat






7. France invades and occupies Algeria.






8. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






9. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






10. 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.






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






12. Navarino Massacre






13. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






14. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






15. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






16. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






17. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






18. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






19. Mormon migration to Utah.






20. Wilhelm R






21. France annexes Cambodia.






22. First Republic in Spain.






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






24. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






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26. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






27. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






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






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






31. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






32. First gramophone record






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






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






35. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






36. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






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






38. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






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






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






42. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






43. Suez Canal is constructed.






44. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






45. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






46. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






47. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






48. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






49. The Decembrist revolt






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