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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






3. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






4. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






5. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






6. Peterloo massacre in England.






7. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






8. Mormon migration to Utah.






9. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






10. Indian famine begins.






11. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






13. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






14. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






15. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






16. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






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






18. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






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






20. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






21. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






23. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






24. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






25. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






26. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






27. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






28. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






29. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






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






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






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






33. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






34. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






35. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






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






37. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






38. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






39. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






40. Suez Canal is constructed.






41. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






42. Cairo falls to the British.






43. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






44. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






45. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






46. Volleyball is invented






47. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






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






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






50. The Mahdist War in Sudan.