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19th Century Timeline

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






2. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






3. Carlist Wars in Spain.






4. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






5. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






6. Aspirin patented.






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






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






9. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






15. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






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






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






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






19. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






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






21. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






22. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






23. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






24. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






25. Independence of Chile






26. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






28. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






29. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






30. Wilhelm R






31. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






32. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






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






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






35. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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






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






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






39. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






40. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






41. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






42. First isolation of aluminum.






43. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






44. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






45. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






47. 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.






48. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






49. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






50. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony