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19th Century Timeline

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1. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






2. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






3. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






5. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






6. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






7. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






9. The Caste War of Yucat






10. Famine in Finland.






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






12. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






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






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






15. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






16. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






22. First section of the London Underground opens.






23. 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






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






25. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






27. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






28. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






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






30. The German Customs Union is formed.






31. Italy annexes Eritrea.






32. Cairo falls to the British.






33. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






34. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






35. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






38. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






39. Independence of Argentina






40. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






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






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






44. Dreyfuss Affair






45. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






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






47. Independence of Bolivia.






48. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






49. Egyptian






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







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