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19th Century Timeline

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1. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






2. Independence of Luxembourg.






3. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






4. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






5. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






6. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






7. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






8. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






9. Independence of Argentina






10. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Indian famine begins.






17. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






18. Chilean Civil War.






19. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






20. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






21. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






22. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






23. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






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






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






26. Independence of Bolivia.






27. Dreyfuss Affair






28. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






29. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






30. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






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






32. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






33. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






34. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






36. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






37. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






38. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






39. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






40. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






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






42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






43. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






44. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






45. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






46. Independence of Chile






47. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






49. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






50. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.







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