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19th Century Timeline

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1. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






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






3. First isolation of aluminum.






4. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






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






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






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8. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






9. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






10. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






11. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






12. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






13. Russia abolishes serfdom.






14. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






15. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






16. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






17. First steam locomotive begins operation.






18. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






20. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






21. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






22. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






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






24. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






25. Independence of Bolivia.






26. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






27. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






30. First steam locomotive begins operation.






31. Independence of Argentina






32. 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.






33. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






34. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






35. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






36. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






37. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






38. First Anglo-Sikh War






39. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






40. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






41. The Bront






42. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






43. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






44. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






45. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






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






47. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






48. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






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






50. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.







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