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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






4. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






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






7. 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.






8. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






9. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






10. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






11. 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.






12. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






13. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






14. Greco-Turkish War.






15. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






16. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






17. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






19. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






20. Independence of Argentina






21. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






22. First isolation of aluminum.






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






24. First Republic in Spain.






25. Mormon migration to Utah.






26. Aspirin patented.






27. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






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






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






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






32. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






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






34. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






35. Discovery of Antarctica






36. Persian Prophet the B






37. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






38. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






40. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






41. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






42. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






43. The Bront






44. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






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






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






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






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






50. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt