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19th Century Timeline

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1. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






2. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






3. Germany gains control of Camaroon






4. Cairo falls to the British.






5. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






6. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






7. Navarino Massacre






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






9. First electric motor built.






10. 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.






11. TheFirst Boer War.






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






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






14. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






15. Russia abolishes serfdom.






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






17. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






18. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






19. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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21. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






22. The cardboard box is invented.






23. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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26. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






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






28. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






29. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






30. Aspirin patented.






31. Cairo falls to the British.






32. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






33. Indian famine begins.






34. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






35. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






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






39. July Revolution in France.






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






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






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






43. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






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45. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






46. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






47. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






48. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






49. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






50. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.