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19th Century Timeline

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1. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






2. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






3. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






4. Independence of Luxembourg.






5. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






6. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






7. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






8. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






9. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






10. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






11. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






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






14. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






15. Suez Canal is constructed.






16. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






17. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






18. Chilean Civil War.






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






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






21. The Pony Express ended.






22. World population reaches 1 billion.






23. First steam locomotive begins operation.






24. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






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






27. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






28. The Decembrist revolt






29. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






30. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






31. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






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






33. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






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






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






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






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






38. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






39. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






40. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






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






42. 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).






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






44. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






46. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






47. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






48. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






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






50. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.