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19th Century Timeline

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1. Victorian gold rush in Australia






2. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






3. The Decembrist revolt






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






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






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






7. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






8. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






9. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






10. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






11. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






13. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






14. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






15. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






16. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






17. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






19. Wilhelm R






20. SecondIndustrial Revolution






21. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






22. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






23. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






25. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






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






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






28. The quagga is rendered extinct.






29. Death of Alexander Pushkin






30. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






31. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






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






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






36. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






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






39. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






41. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






42. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






43. 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.






44. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






45. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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






47. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






48. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






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







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