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19th Century Timeline

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1. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






2. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






3. Italy annexes Eritrea.






4. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






5. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






6. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






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






8. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






10. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






11. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






12. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






13. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






14. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






15. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






16. California Gold Rush






17. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






18. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






19. The Soci






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






21. The Communist Manifesto published.






22. Chilean Civil War.






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






24. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






25. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






26. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






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






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






29. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






30. 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.






31. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






32. 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.






33. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






34. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






35. Italy annexes Eritrea.






36. TheFirst Boer War.






37. Mormon migration to Utah.






38. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






39. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






40. France invades and occupies Algeria.






41. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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






43. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






44. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






45. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






46. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






47. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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






49. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






50. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated