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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Soci






2. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






4. Egyptian






5. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






6. Independence of Luxembourg.






7. 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.






8. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






9. 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.






10. First Republic in Spain.






11. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






12. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






13. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






14. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






15. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






16. Aspirin patented.






17. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






18. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






20. The German Customs Union is formed.






21. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






22. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






23. 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.






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






25. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






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






28. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






29. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






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






31. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






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






33. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






35. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






36. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






37. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






39. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






40. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






41. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






42. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






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






45. Basketball is invented.






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






47. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






48. Th






49. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






50. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars







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