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19th Century Timeline

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1. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






2. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






4. Siege of Khartoum






5. Aspirin patented.






6. Independence of Chile






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






8. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






9. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






10. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






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






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






13. Russia abolishes serfdom.






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






15. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






17. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






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






19. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






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






21. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






24. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






25. Germany gains control of Camaroon






26. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






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






28. Volleyball is invented






29. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






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






31. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






32. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






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






34. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






35. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






36. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






37. Russo-Persian War.






38. Greco-Turkish War.






39. The Bront






40. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






41. Egyptian






42. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






44. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






45. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






46. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






47. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






48. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






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






50. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.







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