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19th Century Timeline

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1. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






2. First Anglo-Sikh War






3. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






4. 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.






5. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






6. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






7. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






8. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






9. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






10. Russo-Persian War.






11. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






12. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






13. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






14. France annexes Cambodia.






15. The Caste War of Yucat






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. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






18. Dreyfuss Affair






19. 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






20. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






21. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






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






23. Persian Prophet the B






24. Cairo falls to the British.






25. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






26. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






27. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






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






30. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






32. Wilhelm R






33. First electric motor built.






34. Russo-Persian War.






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






36. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






37. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






38. Discovery of Antarctica






39. Indian famine begins.






40. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






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






42. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






44. 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






45. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






47. Famine in Finland.






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






49. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






50. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.