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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






2. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






3. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






4. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






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






6. 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.






7. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






9. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






10. The Trumpet gets valves.






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






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






13. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






14. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






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






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






18. Russo-Persian War.






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






20. The German Customs Union is formed.






21. The Bront






22. Aspirin patented.






23. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






24. The Caste War of Yucat






25. The cardboard box is invented.






26. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






28. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






29. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






30. France annexes Cambodia.






31. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






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






33. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






34. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






36. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






37. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






38. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






39. Germany gains control of Camaroon






40. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






41. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






42. First section of the London Underground opens.






43. 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.






44. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






45. Carlist Wars in Spain.






46. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






47. The quagga is rendered extinct.






48. First electric motor built.






49. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






50. Death of Alexander Pushkin