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19th Century Timeline

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1. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






2. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






3. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






4. Missouri Compromise






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






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






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






8. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






9. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






11. Russo-Persian War.






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






13. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






14. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






16. Death of Alexander Pushkin






17. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






18. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






19. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






20. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






21. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






22. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






23. Siege of Khartoum






24. Chilean Civil War.






25. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






26. Second Anglo-Sikh War






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






28. Aspirin patented.






29. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






30. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






31. Volleyball is invented






32. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






33. Indian famine begins.






34. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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






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






37. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






38. First Anglo-Sikh War






39. First electric motor built.






40. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






41. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






42. Carlist Wars in Spain.






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






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






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






46. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






47. Cairo falls to the British.






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






49. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






50. World population reaches 1 billion.