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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Independence of Chile






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






9. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






10. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






11. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






12. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






13. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






14. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






15. TheFirst Boer War.






16. Russo-Persian War.






17. Aspirin patented.






18. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






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






20. Peterloo massacre in England.






21. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






22. Death of Alexander Pushkin






23. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






25. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






26. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






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






29. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






30. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






31. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






32. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






33. Siege of Khartoum






34. World population reaches 1 billion.






35. Persian Prophet the B






36. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






37. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






38. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






39. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






40. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






42. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






43. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






44. Dreyfuss Affair






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






46. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






47. Chilean Civil War.






48. Navarino Massacre






49. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






50. SpanishInquisition officially ends.