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19th Century Timeline

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1. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






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4. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






6. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






7. 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.






8. Independence of Chile






9. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






10. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






11. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






12. First isolation of aluminum.






13. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






14. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






15. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






16. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






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






18. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






19. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






20. The cardboard box is invented.






21. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






22. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






23. First Republic in Spain.






24. Italy annexes Eritrea.






25. Independence of Bolivia.






26. France annexes Cambodia.






27. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






28. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






30. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






31. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






32. Suez Canal is constructed.






33. 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.






34. Aspirin patented.






35. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






36. Canadian Confederation formed.






37. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






38. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






39. Independence of Chile






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






41. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






42. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






43. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






44. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






46. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






47. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






48. California Gold Rush






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






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