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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






2. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






3. Famine in Finland.






4. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






5. World population reaches 1 billion.






6. Russo-Persian War.






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






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






9. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






10. Siege of Khartoum






11. Cairo falls to the British.






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






13. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






14. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






15. Russia abolishes serfdom.






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






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






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






19. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






20. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






21. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






22. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






23. Wilhelm R






24. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






26. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






27. The Pony Express ended.






28. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






29. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






30. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






31. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






32. First section of the London Underground opens.






33. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






34. July Revolution in France.






35. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






36. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






37. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






38. France annexes Cambodia.






39. Telegraphy patented.






40. First gramophone record






41. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






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






43. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






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






45. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






46. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






47. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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






49. Chilean Civil War.






50. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice







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