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19th Century Timeline

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1. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






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






4. Death of Alexander Pushkin






5. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






6. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






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






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






9. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






10. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






11. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






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






14. 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






15. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






16. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






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






19. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






20. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






22. Independence of Chile






23. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






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






25. 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.






26. The Trumpet gets valves.






27. July Revolution in France.






28. First section of the London Underground opens.






29. Chilean Civil War.






30. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






31. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






32. Missouri Compromise






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






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






35. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






36. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






37. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






38. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






39. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






40. First steam locomotive begins operation.






41. Discovery of Antarctica






42. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






43. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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45. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






46. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






47. First Republic in Spain.






48. 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).






49. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






50. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.