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19th Century Timeline

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1. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






2. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






3. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






4. World's first oil refinery in Romania






5. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






6. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






7. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






8. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






9. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






10. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






11. Morphine first isolated.






12. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






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






15. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






16. Telegraphy patented.






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






18. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






19. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






20. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






21. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






22. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






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






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






25. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






26. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






27. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






29. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






30. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






31. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






32. France invades and occupies Algeria.






33. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






34. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






35. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






36. Dreyfuss Affair






37. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






38. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






39. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






40. First Republic in Spain.






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






42. Mormon migration to Utah.






43. 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).






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






45. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






47. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






48. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






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






50. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia