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19th Century Timeline

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1. First isolation of aluminum.






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






3. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






4. 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.






5. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






7. Peterloo massacre in England.






8. The Pony Express started.






9. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






10. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






11. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






12. Discovery of Antarctica






13. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






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






15. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






16. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






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. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






19. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






20. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






21. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






22. World population reaches 1 billion.






23. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






24. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






25. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






26. Indian famine begins.






27. The Caste War of Yucat






28. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






29. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






30. The cardboard box is invented.






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






32. Uruguayan Civil War






33. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






34. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






35. SecondIndustrial Revolution






36. Indian famine begins.






37. 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.






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






39. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






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






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






42. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






43. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






44. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






46. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






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






48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






49. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






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