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19th Century Timeline

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






2. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






3. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






4. First Anglo-Sikh War






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6. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






7. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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9. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






10. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






11. The German Customs Union is formed.






12. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






13. TheFirst Boer War.






14. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






15. The cardboard box is invented.






16. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






17. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






18. Missouri Compromise






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






20. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






21. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






22. Famine in Finland.






23. Volleyball is invented






24. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






25. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






26. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






27. Second Anglo-Sikh War






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






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






30. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






31. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






32. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






33. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






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






35. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






36. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






37. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






39. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






40. Greco-Turkish War.






41. First steam locomotive begins operation.






42. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






43. World population reaches 1 billion.






44. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






46. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






47. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






48. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






49. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






50. Russia abolishes serfdom.