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19th Century Timeline

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1. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






2. July Revolution in France.






3. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






4. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






5. 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.






6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






7. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






8. The Caste War of Yucat






9. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






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






11. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






12. Siege of Khartoum






13. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






14. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






15. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






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






17. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






18. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






20. The Decembrist revolt






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






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






23. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






24. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






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






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






27. France annexes Cambodia.






28. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






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






30. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






32. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






33. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






34. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






35. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






36. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






37. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






38. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






39. First Republic in Spain.






40. 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






41. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






42. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






43. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






45. California Gold Rush






46. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






47. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






49. The quagga is rendered extinct.






50. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.







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