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19th Century Timeline

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1. Slavery banned in Brazil.






2. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






4. Navarino Massacre






5. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






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






7. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






8. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






9. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






10. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






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






12. California Gold Rush






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






14. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






15. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






16. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






17. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






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






19. California Gold Rush






20. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






21. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






22. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






23. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






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






32. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






33. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






35. Independence of Argentina






36. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






37. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






38. Canadian Confederation formed.






39. Russo-Persian War.






40. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






41. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






42. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






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






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






45. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






47. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






48. World's first oil refinery in Romania






49. Th






50. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented