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19th Century Timeline

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






2. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






3. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






4. Independence of Bolivia.






5. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






6. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






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






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






9. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






10. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






11. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






12. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






13. 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.






14. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






15. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






16. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






17. Carlist Wars in Spain.






18. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






19. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






20. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






21. France invades and occupies Algeria.






22. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






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24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






25. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






26. The Caste War of Yucat






27. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






28. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Victorian gold rush in Australia






34. First gramophone record






35. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






36. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






37. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






38. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






39. The cardboard box is invented.






40. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






42. California Gold Rush






43. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






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






46. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






47. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






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






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50. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.