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19th Century Timeline

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1. California Gold Rush






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






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. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






6. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






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






8. The Pony Express started.






9. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






10. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






11. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






12. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






13. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






16. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






17. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






19. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






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






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






22. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






23. 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.






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






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






26. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






27. The Bront






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






29. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






31. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






32. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






33. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






34. Russia abolishes serfdom.






35. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






36. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






37. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






38. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






39. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






40. Independence of Bolivia.






41. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






42. Italy annexes Eritrea.






43. Greco-Turkish War.






44. Th






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






46. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






47. California Gold Rush






48. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






49. The Caste War of Yucat






50. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.