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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






3. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






5. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






6. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






7. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






8. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






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






10. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






11. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






12. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






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






14. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






15. Russo-Persian War.






16. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






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






18. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






20. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






22. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






23. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






24. The Caste War of Yucat






25. The cardboard box is invented.






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






27. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






28. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






29. Famine in Finland.






30. 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.






31. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






32. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






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






34. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






36. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






37. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






38. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






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






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






41. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






42. Uruguayan Civil War






43. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






44. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






45. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






46. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






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






49. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






50. Independence of Chile