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19th Century Timeline

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1. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






2. Chilean Civil War.






3. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






4. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






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






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






7. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






8. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






10. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






11. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






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






14. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






15. Missouri Compromise






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






17. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






19. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






20. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






21. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






23. Italy annexes Eritrea.






24. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






25. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






26. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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






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






29. Death of Alexander Pushkin






30. France annexes Cambodia.






31. The New Zealand Land Wars






32. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






33. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






34. Slavery banned in Brazil.






35. France invades and occupies Algeria.






36. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






37. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






38. The Decembrist revolt






39. World's first oil refinery in Romania






40. 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.






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






42. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






43. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






45. Independence of Argentina






46. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






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






48. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






49. Discovery of Antarctica






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