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19th Century Timeline

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






2. 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






3. TheFirst Boer War.






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






5. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






6. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






7. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






8. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






9. Russo-Persian War.






10. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






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






12. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






13. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






14. Mormon migration to Utah.






15. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






16. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






17. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






18. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






19. July Revolution in France.






20. Italy annexes Eritrea.






21. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






23. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






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






25. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






26. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






27. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






28. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






29. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






30. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






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






32. 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.






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






34. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






35. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






36. World's first oil refinery in Romania






37. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






38. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






39. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






40. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






41. Carlist Wars in Spain.






42. The Communist Manifesto published.






43. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






44. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






45. Chilean Civil War.






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






47. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






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






49. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






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