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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






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






3. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






4. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






5. SecondIndustrial Revolution






6. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






7. July Revolution in France.






8. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






9. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






10. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






11. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






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






14. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






15. Russo-Persian War.






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






18. Germany gains control of Camaroon






19. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






20. Russia abolishes serfdom.






21. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






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






23. The Pony Express started.






24. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






25. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






26. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






28. Discovery of Antarctica






29. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






31. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






32. First Anglo-Sikh War






33. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






34. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






35. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






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






37. Cairo falls to the British.






38. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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40. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






41. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






42. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






43. Missouri Compromise






44. 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).






45. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






46. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






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. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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