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19th Century Timeline

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1. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






2. The Bront






3. 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.






4. First gramophone record






5. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






7. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






8. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






9. Uruguayan Civil War






10. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






11. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






12. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






13. 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.






14. Independence of Luxembourg.






15. 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.






16. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






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






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






19. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






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






21. The quagga is rendered extinct.






22. 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.






23. Independence of Luxembourg.






24. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






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






26. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






27. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






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






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






30. First section of the London Underground opens.






31. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






32. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






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






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






36. Missouri Compromise






37. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






38. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






39. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






40. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






41. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






43. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






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






45. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






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






47. Independence of Argentina






48. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






49. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






50. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven