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19th Century Timeline

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1. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






2. The Decembrist revolt






3. Siege of Khartoum






4. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






5. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






6. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






8. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






9. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






10. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






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






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






13. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






14. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






15. 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.






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






17. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






18. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






19. 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






20. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






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






22. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






24. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






25. Dreyfuss Affair






26. Navarino Massacre






27. SecondIndustrial Revolution






28. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






29. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






30. Navarino Massacre






31. Indian famine begins.






32. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






33. Death of Alexander Pushkin






34. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






35. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






38. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






39. Egyptian






40. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






41. Independence of Argentina






42. Greco-Turkish War.






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






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






45. Morphine first isolated.






46. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






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






49. Th






50. First Anglo-Sikh War