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19th Century Timeline

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1. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






3. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






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






5. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






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






8. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






9. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






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






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






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






15. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






16. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






17. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






18. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






19. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






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






21. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






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






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






25. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






26. SecondIndustrial Revolution






27. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






28. Siege of Khartoum






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






30. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






31. First isolation of aluminum.






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






33. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






34. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






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






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






37. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






38. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






39. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






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






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






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






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






44. Famine in Finland.






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46. SecondIndustrial Revolution






47. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






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






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






50. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.