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19th Century Timeline

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






2. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






3. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






5. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






6. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






7. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






8. Death of Alexander Pushkin






9. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






10. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






11. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






12. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






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






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






15. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






16. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






17. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






19. The Decembrist revolt






20. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






21. 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.






22. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






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






24. Greco-Turkish War.






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






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






27. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






28. Cairo falls to the British.






29. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






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






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






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






34. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






35. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






36. The cardboard box is invented.






37. Russo-Persian War.






38. Carlist Wars in Spain.






39. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






40. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






41. France annexes Cambodia.






42. Peterloo massacre in England.






43. France annexes Cambodia.






44. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






45. Independence of Chile






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






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






48. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






49. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






50. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance