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19th Century Timeline

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1. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






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






3. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






5. Chilean Civil War.






6. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






7. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






8. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






9. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






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






11. 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.






12. Egyptian






13. First steam locomotive begins operation.






14. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






20. Russia abolishes serfdom.






21. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






22. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






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






24. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






25. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






26. Cairo falls to the British.






27. First gramophone record






28. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






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






30. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






31. Germany gains control of Camaroon






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






33. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






34. Greco-Turkish War.






35. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






36. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






37. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






38. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






39. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






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






41. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






43. Victorian gold rush in Australia






44. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






45. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






46. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






47. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






48. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






49. 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.






50. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.