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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






3. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






5. The Bront






6. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






8. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






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






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






11. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






12. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






13. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






14. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






15. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






16. Suez Canal is constructed.






17. Peterloo massacre in England.






18. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






19. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






20. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






21. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






22. First electric motor built.






23. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






25. Egyptian






26. The cardboard box is invented.






27. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






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






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






30. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






31. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






32. World's first oil refinery in Romania






33. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






34. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






35. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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37. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






38. The Pony Express ended.






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






40. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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






42. France annexes Cambodia.






43. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






44. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






46. 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.






47. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






49. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






50. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.