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19th Century Timeline

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






2. The Pony Express ended.






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






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






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






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






7. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






8. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






10. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






11. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






12. Siege of Khartoum






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






14. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






16. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






17. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






19. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






20. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






21. 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.






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






23. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






24. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






25. 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.






26. Chilean Civil War.






27. The quagga is rendered extinct.






28. First section of the London Underground opens.






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






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






31. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






33. Slavery banned in Brazil.






34. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






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






37. The Caste War of Yucat






38. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






39. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






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






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






42. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






43. The Pony Express started.






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






45. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






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






47. Independence of Bolivia.






48. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






50. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.