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19th Century Timeline

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1. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






2. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






3. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






4. Death of Alexander Pushkin






5. The Caste War of Yucat






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






7. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






8. Independence of Luxembourg.






9. Cairo falls to the British.






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






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






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






13. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






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






15. First electric motor built.






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






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






18. Volleyball is invented






19. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






20. Canadian Confederation formed.






21. 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






22. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






23. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






24. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






25. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






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






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






28. Italy annexes Eritrea.






29. 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.






30. The Trumpet gets valves.






31. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






33. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






34. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






35. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






36. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






37. TheFirst Boer War.






38. Independence of Argentina






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






40. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






42. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






43. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






45. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






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48. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






49. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






50. Missouri Compromise