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19th Century Timeline

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1. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






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






4. First isolation of aluminum.






5. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






6. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






7. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






8. First gramophone record






9. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






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






11. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






12. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






13. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






14. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






15. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






16. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






17. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






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






20. Indian famine begins.






21. The Communist Manifesto published.






22. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






24. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






25. 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.






26. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






27. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






29. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






30. The Caste War of Yucat






31. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






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






33. Germany gains control of Camaroon






34. First gramophone record






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






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






37. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






38. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






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






40. 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.






41. Missouri Compromise






42. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






44. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






45. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






46. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






47. Wilhelm R






48. First Republic in Spain.






49. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






50. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.