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19th Century Timeline

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1. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






2. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






3. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






4. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






6. Canadian Confederation formed.






7. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






8. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






10. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






11. Independence of Argentina






12. 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.






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






14. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






15. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






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






17. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






18. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






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






20. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






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






22. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






23. 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.






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25. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






26. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






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






28. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






29. TheFirst Boer War.






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






31. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






32. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






33. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






34. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






35. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






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38. First gramophone record






39. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






40. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






41. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






42. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






43. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






44. Volleyball is invented






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






46. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






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






48. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






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






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