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19th Century Timeline

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






2. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






4. Discovery of Antarctica






5. Basketball is invented.






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






7. Aspirin patented.






8. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






9. Basketball is invented.






10. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






11. 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.






12. First Anglo-Sikh War






13. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






14. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






15. The Decembrist revolt






16. Peterloo massacre in England.






17. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






18. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






19. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






20. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






21. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






22. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






23. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






24. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






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






26. Aspirin patented.






27. World population reaches 1 billion.






28. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






29. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






30. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






31. Cairo falls to the British.






32. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






34. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






35. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






36. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






37. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






39. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






40. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






42. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






43. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






44. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






45. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






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






47. First Republic in Spain.






48. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






49. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






50. Uruguayan Civil War







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