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19th Century Timeline

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1. SecondIndustrial Revolution






2. Suez Canal is constructed.






3. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






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5. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






6. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






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






9. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






10. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






12. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






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






14. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






16. Chilean Civil War.






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






18. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






19. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






20. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






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






23. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






24. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






25. Dreyfuss Affair






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






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






28. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






29. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






30. Siege of Khartoum






31. The Decembrist revolt






32. Chilean Civil War.






33. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






34. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






35. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






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






37. The German Customs Union is formed.






38. Independence of Argentina






39. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






40. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






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






42. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






43. TheFirst Boer War.






44. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






45. TheFirst Boer War.






46. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






47. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






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






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






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