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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Independence of Bolivia.






3. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






4. Cairo falls to the British.






5. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






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






7. Italy annexes Eritrea.






8. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






9. Germany gains control of Camaroon






10. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






12. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






13. Indian famine begins.






14. Indian famine begins.






15. Egyptian






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






17. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






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






19. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






20. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






21. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






22. 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






23. Dreyfuss Affair






24. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






25. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






27. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






28. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






29. Slavery banned in Brazil.






30. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






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






33. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






34. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






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






36. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






37. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






38. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






39. Morphine first isolated.






40. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






41. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






42. First section of the London Underground opens.






43. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






44. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






45. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






46. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






47. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






48. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






49. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






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







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