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19th Century Timeline

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1. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






3. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






4. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






5. TheFirst Boer War.






6. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






7. Missouri Compromise






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






9. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






10. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






11. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






12. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






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






14. Cairo falls to the British.






15. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






16. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






17. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






18. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






19. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






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






22. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






23. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






24. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






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






26. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






27. Italy annexes Eritrea.






28. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






29. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






30. The Pony Express ended.






31. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






32. Indian famine begins.






33. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






35. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






36. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






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






38. 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.






39. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






40. World's first oil refinery in Romania






41. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






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






44. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






45. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






46. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






47. Persian Prophet the B






48. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






49. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






50. SecondIndustrial Revolution







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