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19th Century Timeline

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1. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






2. July Revolution in France.






3. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






4. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






5. First Republic in Spain.






6. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






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






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






9. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






10. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






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






12. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






13. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






14. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






15. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






16. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






17. The Pony Express ended.






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






19. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






20. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






21. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






23. Death of Alexander Pushkin






24. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






25. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






26. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






27. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






28. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






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






30. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






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






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






33. France annexes Cambodia.






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






35. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






36. Second Anglo-Sikh War






37. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






38. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






39. Indian famine begins.






40. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






41. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






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






44. Uruguayan Civil War






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






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






47. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






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






49. The New Zealand Land Wars






50. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.