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19th Century Timeline

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1. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






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






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






4. Independence of Bolivia.






5. Mormon migration to Utah.






6. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






7. Russo-Persian War.






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






9. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






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






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






14. TheFirst Boer War.






15. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






16. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






18. Famine in Finland.






19. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






20. France invades and occupies Algeria.






21. First Republic in Spain.






22. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






23. France annexes Cambodia.






24. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






25. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






26. Mormon migration to Utah.






27. World population reaches 1 billion.






28. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






29. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






30. Death of Alexander Pushkin






31. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






32. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






33. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






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






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






37. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






38. SecondIndustrial Revolution






39. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






40. Victorian gold rush in Australia






41. Discovery of Antarctica






42. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






43. 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).






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






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






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






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






48. Chilean Civil War.






49. TheFirst Boer War.






50. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.







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