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19th Century Timeline

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1. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






2. Famine in Finland.






3. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






4. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






6. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






7. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






9. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






10. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






11. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






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






13. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






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






15. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






16. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






17. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






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






19. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






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






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






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






23. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






24. Mormon migration to Utah.






25. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






27. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






28. The cardboard box is invented.






29. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






30. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






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






32. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






33. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






34. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






36. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






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






38. Navarino Massacre






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






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






41. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






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






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






44. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






46. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






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






48. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






49. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






50. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.