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19th Century Timeline

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1. Independence of Argentina






2. World population reaches 1 billion.






3. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






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






5. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






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






7. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






9. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






10. Bah






11. The New Zealand Land Wars






12. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






13. TheFirst Boer War.






14. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






15. Italy annexes Eritrea.






16. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






17. Missouri Compromise






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






19. The Pony Express ended.






20. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






21. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






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






23. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






24. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






25. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






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






27. Independence of Luxembourg.






28. The Soci






29. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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






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






32. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






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






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






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






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






38. Carlist Wars in Spain.






39. Mormon migration to Utah.






40. Volleyball is invented






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






42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






43. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






44. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






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






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






47. Famine in Finland.






48. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






49. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






50. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.