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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






4. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






6. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






7. First electric motor built.






8. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






9. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






10. France invades and occupies Algeria.






11. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






13. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






14. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






15. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






16. 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.






17. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






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






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






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






21. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






22. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






25. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






26. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






27. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






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






29. Independence of Bolivia.






30. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






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






32. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






33. First section of the London Underground opens.






34. First isolation of aluminum.






35. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






36. Wilhelm R






37. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






38. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






39. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






40. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






41. 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.






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






43. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






44. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






45. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






46. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






48. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






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






50. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi