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19th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. First isolation of aluminum.






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






6. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






7. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






8. World's first oil refinery in Romania






9. Greco-Turkish War.






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






11. July Revolution in France.






12. TheFirst Boer War.






13. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






14. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






15. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






17. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






18. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






19. 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






20. Uruguayan Civil War






21. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






22. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






23. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






24. July Revolution in France.






25. Morphine first isolated.






26. The cardboard box is invented.






27. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






28. Italy annexes Eritrea.






29. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






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






31. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






32. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






33. Morphine first isolated.






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






35. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






36. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






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






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






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






41. 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).






42. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






43. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






44. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






46. 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).






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






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






49. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






50. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.