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19th Century Timeline

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1. Slavery banned in Brazil.






2. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






3. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






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. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






6. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






7. Chilean Civil War.






8. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






9. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






11. 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.






12. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






13. Independence of Luxembourg.






14. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






15. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






16. Russia abolishes serfdom.






17. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






18. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






19. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






20. Uruguayan Civil War






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






22. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






23. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






24. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






26. Independence of Chile






27. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






28. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






29. 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






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






31. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






32. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






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






34. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






36. 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






37. Egyptian






38. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






40. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






42. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






43. Second Anglo-Sikh War






44. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






45. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






46. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






47. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






48. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






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






50. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy