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19th Century Timeline

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1. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






2. Telegraphy patented.






3. The Decembrist revolt






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






5. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






7. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






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






9. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






10. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






11. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






12. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






14. 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






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






16. The Bront






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






18. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






19. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






20. Russia abolishes serfdom.






21. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






22. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






23. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






24. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






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






26. The cardboard box is invented.






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






28. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






29. 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.






30. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






31. First isolation of aluminum.






32. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






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






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






35. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






36. The Pony Express started.






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






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






39. Volleyball is invented






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






41. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






42. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






43. Missouri Compromise






44. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






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






46. Peterloo massacre in England.






47. France invades and occupies Algeria.






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






49. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






50. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.