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19th Century Timeline

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1. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






2. TheFirst Boer War.






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






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






5. Uruguayan Civil War






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






7. Russo-Persian War.






8. Dreyfuss Affair






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






10. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






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






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






13. July Revolution in France.






14. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






15. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






16. Morphine first isolated.






17. Famine in Finland.






18. The New Zealand Land Wars






19. Indian famine begins.






20. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






21. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






22. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






23. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






24. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






25. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






27. France annexes Cambodia.






28. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






29. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






30. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






31. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






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






33. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






34. 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.






35. Navarino Massacre






36. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






38. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






39. Greco-Turkish War.






40. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






41. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






42. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






43. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






44. 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.






45. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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47. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






48. The cardboard box is invented.






49. Persian Prophet the B






50. 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.