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19th Century Timeline

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1. Egyptian






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






3. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






4. 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.






5. World population reaches 1 billion.






6. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






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






8. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






10. Indian famine begins.






11. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






12. Independence of Bolivia.






13. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






14. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






15. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






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






17. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






18. California Gold Rush






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






20. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






22. The Caste War of Yucat






23. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






25. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






26. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






27. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






28. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






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






30. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






31. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






33. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






35. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






36. Missouri Compromise






37. First section of the London Underground opens.






38. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






40. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






41. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






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






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






44. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






45. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






46. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






47. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






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






50. Discovery of Antarctica