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19th Century Timeline

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1. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






2. California Gold Rush






3. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






4. Basketball is invented.






5. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






6. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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






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






9. Uruguayan Civil War






10. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






11. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






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






13. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






14. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






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






16. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






17. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






18. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






19. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






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






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






22. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






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






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






25. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






26. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






27. The Communist Manifesto published.






28. Discovery of Antarctica






29. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






31. Independence of Bolivia.






32. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






33. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






34. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






35. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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






37. The quagga is rendered extinct.






38. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






39. Independence of Argentina






40. Telegraphy patented.






41. First electric motor built.






42. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






43. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






44. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






45. Suez Canal is constructed.






46. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






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






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






49. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






50. The Mahdist War in Sudan.







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