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19th Century Timeline

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1. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






2. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






3. Wilhelm R






4. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






5. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






6. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






7. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






8. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






9. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






10. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






11. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






12. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






14. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






15. First Republic in Spain.






16. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






17. The New Zealand Land Wars






18. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






19. First isolation of aluminum.






20. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






21. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






22. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






23. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






24. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






25. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






26. 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.






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






28. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






29. Italy annexes Eritrea.






30. World's first oil refinery in Romania






31. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






32. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






33. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






34. Famine in Finland.






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






36. Morphine first isolated.






37. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






38. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






39. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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






41. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






42. 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.






43. The German Customs Union is formed.






44. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






46. 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.






47. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






48. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






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






50. 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.