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19th Century Timeline

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1. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






3. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






5. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






6. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






7. Indian famine begins.






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






9. Mormon migration to Utah.






10. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






11. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






12. The Pony Express started.






13. The Pony Express ended.






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






15. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






16. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






17. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






18. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






19. Second Anglo-Sikh War






20. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






21. 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).






22. First electric motor built.






23. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






24. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






25. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






26. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






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






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






30. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






31. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






32. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






33. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






34. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






35. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






36. France invades and occupies Algeria.






37. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






38. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






39. The Trumpet gets valves.






40. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






41. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






42. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






43. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






44. Morphine first isolated.






45. Cairo falls to the British.






46. 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






47. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






48. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






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






50. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.