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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Telegraphy patented.






3. First Anglo-Sikh War






4. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






5. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






6. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






7. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






8. TheFirst Boer War.






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






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






11. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






12. The Bront






13. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






14. Uruguayan Civil War






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






16. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






17. World's first oil refinery in Romania






18. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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20. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






21. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






23. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






24. World's first oil refinery in Romania






25. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






26. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






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






28. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






29. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






30. Mormon migration to Utah.






31. The Bront






32. 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.






33. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






34. Persian Prophet the B






35. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






36. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






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






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






39. Cairo falls to the British.






40. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






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






42. Independence of Chile






43. California Gold Rush






44. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






45. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






46. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






47. 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.






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






49. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






50. 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.







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