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19th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






2. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






4. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






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






6. First steam locomotive begins operation.






7. July Revolution in France.






8. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






9. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






10. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






11. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






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






13. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






14. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






15. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






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






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






18. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






19. First electric motor built.






20. Telegraphy patented.






21. Morphine first isolated.






22. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






23. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






24. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






25. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






26. Persian Prophet the B






27. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






28. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






29. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






30. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






31. Greco-Turkish War.






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






33. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






34. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






35. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






36. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






37. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






38. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






39. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






40. Independence of Chile






41. Canadian Confederation formed.






42. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






44. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






46. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






47. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






48. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






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






50. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.