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19th Century Timeline

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






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






4. 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).






5. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






6. World population reaches 1 billion.






7. Germany gains control of Camaroon






8. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






9. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






10. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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






12. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






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






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






15. Cairo falls to the British.






16. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






17. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






18. Russia abolishes serfdom.






19. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






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






21. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






22. Volleyball is invented






23. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






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






25. TheFirst Boer War.






26. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






27. Navarino Massacre






28. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






29. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






31. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






32. California Gold Rush






33. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






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






36. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






38. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






39. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






40. The Communist Manifesto published.






41. Basketball is invented.






42. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






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






44. Indian famine begins.






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






46. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






48. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






49. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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