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19th Century Timeline

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1. World's first oil refinery in Romania






2. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






3. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






5. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






6. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






7. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






8. Missouri Compromise






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






10. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






11. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






12. Russia abolishes serfdom.






13. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






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






15. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






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






17. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






18. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






19. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






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






21. 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.






22. The New Zealand Land Wars






23. Dreyfuss Affair






24. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






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






26. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






27. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






28. Independence of Chile






29. Navarino Massacre






30. The Pony Express ended.






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






32. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






33. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






34. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






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






37. The Trumpet gets valves.






38. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






39. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






40. Chilean Civil War.






41. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






42. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






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






44. Telegraphy patented.






45. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






46. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






47. Morphine first isolated.






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






49. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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