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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






4. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






5. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






6. Discovery of Antarctica






7. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






8. Missouri Compromise






9. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






10. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






11. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






12. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






13. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






14. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






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






17. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






18. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






20. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






21. First section of the London Underground opens.






22. TheFirst Boer War.






23. France annexes Cambodia.






24. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






26. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






27. California Gold Rush






28. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






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30. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






31. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






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






33. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






34. Aspirin patented.






35. Independence of Luxembourg.






36. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






38. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






39. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






40. World population reaches 1 billion.






41. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






42. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






43. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






44. Persian Prophet the B






45. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






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






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






48. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






49. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






50. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.







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