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19th Century Timeline

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1. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






2. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






3. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






5. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






6. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






7. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






8. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






9. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






10. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






11. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






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






13. 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.






14. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






15. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






16. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






18. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






19. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






20. 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).






21. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






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






23. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






24. Independence of Argentina






25. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






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






27. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






28. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






29. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






30. The Pony Express started.






31. Italy annexes Eritrea.






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






33. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






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






35. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






36. France invades and occupies Algeria.






37. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






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






39. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






40. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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






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






43. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






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






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






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






47. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






48. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






49. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






50. Victorian gold rush in Australia