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19th Century Timeline

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1. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






2. First section of the London Underground opens.






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






4. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






5. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






6. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






7. TheFirst Boer War.






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






9. Suez Canal is constructed.






10. France invades and occupies Algeria.






11. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






12. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






13. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






14. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






16. The Pony Express started.






17. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






18. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






19. First electric motor built.






20. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






21. The Caste War of Yucat






22. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






23. Slavery banned in Brazil.






24. 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






25. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






26. Uruguayan Civil War






27. Greco-Turkish War.






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






29. Canadian Confederation formed.






30. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






31. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






32. World population reaches 1 billion.






33. World's first oil refinery in Romania






34. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






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






36. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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






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






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






40. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






41. The Pony Express started.






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






43. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






44. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






45. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






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






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






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






49. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






50. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.