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19th Century Timeline

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






2. July Revolution in France.






3. 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.






4. 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).






5. Second Anglo-Sikh War






6. The German Customs Union is formed.






7. First section of the London Underground opens.






8. The Communist Manifesto published.






9. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






10. Dreyfuss Affair






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






12. Cairo falls to the British.






13. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






14. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






15. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






16. Mormon migration to Utah.






17. 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).






18. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






19. Suez Canal is constructed.






20. Slavery banned in Brazil.






21. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






22. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






23. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






25. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






26. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






28. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






29. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






30. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






31. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






32. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






33. Morphine first isolated.






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






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






36. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






37. The Soci






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






39. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






40. France invades and occupies Algeria.






41. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






43. 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






44. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






45. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






46. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






47. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






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






49. Independence of Bolivia.






50. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.