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19th Century Timeline

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1. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






2. The Caste War of Yucat






3. Missouri Compromise






4. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






5. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






6. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






7. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






8. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






9. Dreyfuss Affair






10. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






11. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






12. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






14. The Bront






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






16. The Soci






17. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






18. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






19. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






20. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






22. Mormon migration to Utah.






23. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






24. France annexes Cambodia.






25. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






26. The Soci






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






28. Chilean Civil War.






29. Discovery of Antarctica






30. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






32. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






33. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






34. Russia abolishes serfdom.






35. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






36. World population reaches 1 billion.






37. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






38. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






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






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






41. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






42. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






43. Uruguayan Civil War






44. The German Customs Union is formed.






45. 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.






46. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






47. The Trumpet gets valves.






48. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






49. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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