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19th Century Timeline

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1. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






2. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






4. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






5. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






7. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






8. First electric motor built.






9. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






10. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






11. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






12. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






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






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






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






16. Famine in Finland.






17. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






18. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






19. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






20. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






21. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






22. First electric motor built.






23. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






24. Suez Canal is constructed.






25. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






26. Independence of Luxembourg.






27. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






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






29. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






30. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






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






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






34. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






35. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






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






38. Aspirin patented.






39. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






40. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






41. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






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






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






44. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






45. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






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






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






48. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






49. Dreyfuss Affair






50. The Decembrist revolt







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