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19th Century Timeline

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1. Telegraphy patented.






2. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






3. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






4. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






5. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






6. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






7. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






8. The Pony Express started.






9. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






10. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






11. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






12. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






13. Basketball is invented.






14. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






15. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






16. World's first oil refinery in Romania






17. 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.






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






19. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






20. Independence of Bolivia.






21. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






22. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






23. Peterloo massacre in England.






24. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






25. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






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






28. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






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






30. Greco-Turkish War.






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






32. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






33. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






34. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






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






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






37. Telegraphy patented.






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






39. Canadian Confederation formed.






40. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






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






42. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






43. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






44. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






45. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






47. Italy annexes Eritrea.






48. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






49. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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