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19th Century Timeline

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1. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






2. Indian famine begins.






3. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






5. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






6. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






7. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






9. 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).






10. The Decembrist revolt






11. TheFirst Boer War.






12. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






13. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






14. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






15. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






16. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






17. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






18. Chilean Civil War.






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






20. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






21. France annexes Cambodia.






22. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






23. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






24. Carlist Wars in Spain.






25. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






27. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






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






30. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






31. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






32. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






33. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






34. Dreyfuss Affair






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






36. The quagga is rendered extinct.






37. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






38. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






39. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






40. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






41. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






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






45. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






46. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






47. Germany gains control of Camaroon






48. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






49. July Revolution in France.






50. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.