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19th Century Timeline

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1. Indian famine begins.






2. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






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






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






6. World's first oil refinery in Romania






7. Navarino Massacre






8. Persian Prophet the B






9. Germany gains control of Camaroon






10. The Bront






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






12. Telegraphy patented.






13. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






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15. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






16. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






17. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






18. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






20. Cairo falls to the British.






21. Discovery of Antarctica






22. Independence of Luxembourg.






23. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






24. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






25. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






26. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






27. The Trumpet gets valves.






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






29. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






30. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






31. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






32. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






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






35. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






36. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






37. The Communist Manifesto published.






38. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






39. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






40. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






41. 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






42. Carlist Wars in Spain.






43. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






44. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






45. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






46. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






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






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






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






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