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19th Century Timeline

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1. Uruguayan Civil War






2. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






3. 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.






4. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






5. The Decembrist revolt






6. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






7. Russo-Persian War.






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






9. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






10. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






12. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






14. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






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






16. TheFirst Boer War.






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






18. The quagga is rendered extinct.






19. The New Zealand Land Wars






20. Uruguayan Civil War






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






22. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






23. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






24. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






25. Russia abolishes serfdom.






26. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






28. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






29. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






30. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






31. Independence of Argentina






32. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






33. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






34. Independence of Chile






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






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






37. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






38. Indian famine begins.






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






40. SecondIndustrial Revolution






41. 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.






42. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






43. The Bront






44. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






45. First gramophone record






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






47. Independence of Bolivia.






48. France invades and occupies Algeria.






49. 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.






50. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.