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19th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






2. Telegraphy patented.






3. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






5. World's first oil refinery in Romania






6. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






7. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






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






9. 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).






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






11. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






12. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






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






15. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






16. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






18. France annexes Cambodia.






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






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






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






22. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






23. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






25. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






27. 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.






28. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






29. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






30. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






31. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






32. First isolation of aluminum.






33. Persian Prophet the B






34. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






36. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






37. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






38. Greco-Turkish War.






39. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






40. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






41. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






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






43. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






44. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






45. Navarino Massacre






46. Canadian Confederation formed.






47. First section of the London Underground opens.






48. Suez Canal is constructed.






49. 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.






50. The Decembrist revolt