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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






3. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






4. The quagga is rendered extinct.






5. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






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






7. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






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






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






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






11. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






12. Wilhelm R






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






14. First steam locomotive begins operation.






15. The cardboard box is invented.






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






17. 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).






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






19. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






20. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






21. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






22. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






23. First isolation of aluminum.






24. Persian Prophet the B






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






26. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






27. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






28. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






29. 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.






30. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






31. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






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






33. The New Zealand Land Wars






34. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






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






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






37. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






38. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






39. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






41. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






42. First electric motor built.






43. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






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






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






46. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






47. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






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






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






50. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.