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19th Century Timeline

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1. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






2. Missouri Compromise






3. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






4. Greco-Turkish War.






5. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






6. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






7. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






8. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






10. Volleyball is invented






11. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






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






13. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






14. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






16. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






18. California Gold Rush






19. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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






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






22. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






24. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






25. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






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






27. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






28. Egyptian






29. Discovery of Antarctica






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






31. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






32. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






34. The Soci






35. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






36. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






38. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






39. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






40. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






41. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






42. Siege of Khartoum






43. 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.






44. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






46. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






47. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






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






49. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






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