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19th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






2. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






3. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






4. Independence of Bolivia.






5. July Revolution in France.






6. Navarino Massacre






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






8. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






9. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






10. 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






11. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






12. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






13. The Communist Manifesto published.






14. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






16. Germany gains control of Camaroon






17. World population reaches 1 billion.






18. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






20. Independence of Chile






21. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






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






24. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






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






26. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






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






28. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






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






31. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






32. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






33. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






34. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






35. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






36. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






37. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






38. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






40. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






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






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






43. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






44. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






45. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






46. Basketball is invented.






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






48. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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






50. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt