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19th Century Timeline

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1. First steam locomotive begins operation.






2. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






3. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






4. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






5. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






7. 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.






8. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






9. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






10. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






11. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






12. The Pony Express ended.






13. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






14. Germany gains control of Camaroon






15. 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).






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






17. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






18. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






20. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






22. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






23. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






24. The Decembrist revolt






25. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






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






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






28. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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






30. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






31. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






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






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






34. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






35. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






36. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






37. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






38. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






39. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






41. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






42. First Republic in Spain.






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






44. Missouri Compromise






45. Peterloo massacre in England.






46. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






47. Mormon migration to Utah.






48. Persian Prophet the B






49. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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