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19th Century Timeline

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1. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






2. Navarino Massacre






3. 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.






4. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






5. Victorian gold rush in Australia






6. Independence of Luxembourg.






7. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






8. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






9. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






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






11. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






13. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






14. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






15. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






16. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






17. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






18. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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






20. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






21. Slavery banned in Brazil.






22. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






23. 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).






24. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






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






26. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






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






28. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






29. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






30. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






32. Chilean Civil War.






33. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






34. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






35. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






36. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






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






39. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






40. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






42. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






43. Russia abolishes serfdom.






44. First isolation of aluminum.






45. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






46. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






47. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






48. TheFirst Boer War.






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






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