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19th Century Timeline

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






2. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






3. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






4. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






5. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






6. The Trumpet gets valves.






7. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






9. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






10. Morphine first isolated.






11. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






12. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






13. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






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






15. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






16. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






17. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






18. Egyptian






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






20. First gramophone record






21. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






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






24. World population reaches 1 billion.






25. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






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






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






28. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






30. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






31. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






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






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






34. Independence of Argentina






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






36. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






37. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






38. Peterloo massacre in England.






39. Siege of Khartoum






40. The cardboard box is invented.






41. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






42. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






43. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






45. Dreyfuss Affair






46. Wilhelm R






47. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






48. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






49. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






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







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