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19th Century Timeline

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1. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






2. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






3. SecondIndustrial Revolution






4. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






6. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






7. First gramophone record






8. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






9. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






11. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






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






13. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






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






16. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






18. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






19. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






20. France invades and occupies Algeria.






21. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






22. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






23. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






24. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






26. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






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






29. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






31. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






32. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






33. First section of the London Underground opens.






34. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






35. Uruguayan Civil War






36. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






37. Death of Alexander Pushkin






38. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






39. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






40. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






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






42. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






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






44. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






45. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






46. Basketball is invented.






47. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






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






49. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






50. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.