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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






3. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






4. Peterloo massacre in England.






5. The Pony Express started.






6. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






7. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






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






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






10. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






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






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






13. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






14. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






15. Wilhelm R






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






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






18. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






19. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






20. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






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






22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






23. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






24. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






25. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






26. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






28. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






29. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






30. 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






31. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






32. World's first oil refinery in Romania






33. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






35. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






36. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






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






38. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






39. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






40. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






41. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






42. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






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






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






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






46. Carlist Wars in Spain.






47. Chilean Civil War.






48. World population reaches 1 billion.






49. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






50. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein