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19th Century Timeline

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






2. 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






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






4. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






5. Siege of Khartoum






6. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






7. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






8. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






9. Wilhelm R






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






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






12. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






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






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






16. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






17. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






18. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






19. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






20. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






22. Russo-Persian War.






23. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






25. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






26. The cardboard box is invented.






27. Italy annexes Eritrea.






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






29. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






30. Aspirin patented.






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






32. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






33. First Republic in Spain.






34. 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.






35. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






36. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






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






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






39. Chilean Civil War.






40. Aspirin patented.






41. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






42. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






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






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






45. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






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






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






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






50. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.