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19th Century Timeline

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1. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






2. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






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






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






5. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






6. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






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






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






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






10. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






11. Italy annexes Eritrea.






12. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






13. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






14. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






15. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






16. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






17. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






18. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






19. Famine in Finland.






20. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






21. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






22. The Caste War of Yucat






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






24. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






25. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






26. Cairo falls to the British.






27. The German Customs Union is formed.






28. Discovery of Antarctica






29. California Gold Rush






30. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






31. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






32. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






33. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






34. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






35. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






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






37. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






38. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






39. The quagga is rendered extinct.






40. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






41. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






42. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






43. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






44. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






45. Russo-Persian War.






46. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






47. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






48. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






49. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






50. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.