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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Wilhelm R






3. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






4. First Republic in Spain.






5. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






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






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






8. 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.






9. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






16. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






18. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






19. The quagga is rendered extinct.






20. Independence of Argentina






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






22. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






23. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






24. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






25. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






26. The Caste War of Yucat






27. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






28. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






29. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






30. Telegraphy patented.






31. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






32. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






33. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






35. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






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






37. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






38. The Soci






39. World's first oil refinery in Romania






40. Germany gains control of Camaroon






41. Morphine first isolated.






42. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






43. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






44. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






45. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






46. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






47. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






48. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






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






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