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19th Century Timeline

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1. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






2. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






3. Egyptian






4. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






6. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






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






8. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






9. The Pony Express started.






10. 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.






11. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






13. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






14. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






15. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






16. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






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






18. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






19. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






20. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






21. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






22. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






23. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






24. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






25. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






26. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






27. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






28. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






30. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






32. Morphine first isolated.






33. Egyptian






34. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






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






37. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






38. The Bront






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






40. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






41. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






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






44. Suez Canal is constructed.






45. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






46. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






47. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






48. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






49. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






50. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds