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19th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






3. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






4. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






5. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






6. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






7. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






8. Chilean Civil War.






9. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






10. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






11. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






12. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






14. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






15. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






16. The Pony Express started.






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






18. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






20. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






21. The Bront






22. SecondIndustrial Revolution






23. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






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






25. Uruguayan Civil War






26. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






28. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






29. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






30. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






31. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






32. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






33. Carlist Wars in Spain.






34. Siege of Khartoum






35. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






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37. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






38. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






39. The Pony Express ended.






40. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






41. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






42. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






43. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






44. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






45. Russo-Persian War.






46. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






47. TheFirst Boer War.






48. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






49. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






50. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.