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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






2. July Revolution in France.






3. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






4. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






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






6. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






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






8. The Pony Express started.






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






10. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






11. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






12. Missouri Compromise






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






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






15. Telegraphy patented.






16. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






17. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






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20. Independence of Argentina






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






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23. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






24. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






25. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






26. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






28. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






29. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






30. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






31. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






32. 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.






33. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






34. Suez Canal is constructed.






35. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






37. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






38. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






39. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






41. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






42. Aspirin patented.






43. 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.






44. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






45. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






46. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






47. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






48. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






50. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.