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19th Century Timeline

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1. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






2. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






3. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






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






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






6. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






7. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






8. TheFirst Boer War.






9. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






10. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






11. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






12. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






13. July Revolution in France.






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






15. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






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






17. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






18. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






19. First Republic in Spain.






20. The Pony Express ended.






21. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






22. 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.






23. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






24. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






25. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






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






27. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






28. Aspirin patented.






29. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






30. The cardboard box is invented.






31. The Decembrist revolt






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






33. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






35. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






37. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






38. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






40. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






41. Missouri Compromise






42. Victorian gold rush in Australia






43. First isolation of aluminum.






44. Italy annexes Eritrea.






45. The Trumpet gets valves.






46. The Caste War of Yucat






47. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






49. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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