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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






4. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






6. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






7. Bah






8. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






9. SecondIndustrial Revolution






10. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






11. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






12. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






13. Wilhelm R






14. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






15. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






16. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






17. Italy annexes Eritrea.






18. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






19. Second Anglo-Sikh War






20. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






21. Uruguayan Civil War






22. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






23. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






24. France annexes Cambodia.






25. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






26. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






27. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






28. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






29. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






30. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






32. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






34. Carlist Wars in Spain.






35. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






36. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






37. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






38. Canadian Confederation formed.






39. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






41. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






42. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






43. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






44. The Soci






45. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






46. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






47. Italy annexes Eritrea.






48. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






50. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.