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19th Century Timeline

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1. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






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






3. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






4. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






5. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






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






7. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






9. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






10. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






11. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






12. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






13. The Trumpet gets valves.






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






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






16. First Republic in Spain.






17. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






18. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






20. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






21. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






22. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






23. The Caste War of Yucat






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






25. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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






27. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






28. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






29. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






30. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






31. Persian Prophet the B






32. Siege of Khartoum






33. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






35. First gramophone record






36. Italy annexes Eritrea.






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






38. Indian famine begins.






39. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






40. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






41. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






42. The Decembrist revolt






43. First Republic in Spain.






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






45. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






46. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






47. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






48. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






50. Persian Prophet the B