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19th Century Timeline

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1. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






2. Volleyball is invented






3. Volleyball is invented






4. Victorian gold rush in Australia






5. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






6. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






7. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






8. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






10. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






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






12. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






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






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






15. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






17. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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






19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






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






22. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






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






24. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






25. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






26. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






27. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






28. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






29. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






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






32. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






33. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






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






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






36. Missouri Compromise






37. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






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






39. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






40. Germany gains control of Camaroon






41. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






42. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






43. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






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






45. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






46. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






47. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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






49. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






50. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.