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19th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. First section of the London Underground opens.






5. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






7. The Pony Express ended.






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






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






10. First Republic in Spain.






11. Independence of Bolivia.






12. TheFirst Boer War.






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






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






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






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






17. Slavery banned in Brazil.






18. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






19. First isolation of aluminum.






20. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






21. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






22. Famine in Finland.






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






24. 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.






25. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






27. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






28. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






29. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






30. SecondIndustrial Revolution






31. Egyptian






32. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






34. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






35. Missouri Compromise






36. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






37. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






38. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






40. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






41. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






42. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






43. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






44. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






45. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






46. Independence of Luxembourg.






47. Peterloo massacre in England.






48. Bah






49. Independence of Argentina






50. Telegraphy patented.