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19th Century Timeline

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1. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






2. 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.






3. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






4. Peterloo massacre in England.






5. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






6. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






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






8. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






10. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






11. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






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






13. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






15. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






16. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






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






18. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






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






21. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






22. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






23. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






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






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






27. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






28. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






30. Volleyball is invented






31. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






32. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






33. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






34. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






36. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






38. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






39. Persian Prophet the B






40. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






42. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






43. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






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






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






46. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






47. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






48. 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).






49. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






50. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.