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19th Century Timeline

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1. First Republic in Spain.






2. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






3. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






5. 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.






6. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






7. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






8. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






10. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






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






13. Morphine first isolated.






14. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






15. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






16. The cardboard box is invented.






17. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






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






19. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






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






21. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






22. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






23. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






24. Russo-Persian War.






25. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






26. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






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






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






29. 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.






30. The Trumpet gets valves.






31. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






32. 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.






33. The Decembrist revolt






34. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






35. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






36. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






37. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






38. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






39. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






40. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






41. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






42. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






43. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






44. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






45. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






46. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






47. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






48. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






49. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






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







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