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19th Century Timeline

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1. TheFirst Boer War.






2. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






3. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






4. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






5. 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.






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






7. The cardboard box is invented.






8. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






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






11. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






12. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






13. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






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






15. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






17. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






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






20. 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.






21. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






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






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






24. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






25. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






26. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






27. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






28. 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.






29. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






30. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






31. Second Anglo-Sikh War






32. First electric motor built.






33. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






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






35. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






36. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






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






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






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






41. Siege of Khartoum






42. Cairo falls to the British.






43. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






44. Dreyfuss Affair






45. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






46. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






47. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






48. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






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






50. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.