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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






3. Independence of Bolivia.






4. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






5. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






6. Morphine first isolated.






7. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






8. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






9. The Communist Manifesto published.






10. World population reaches 1 billion.






11. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






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






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






14. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






15. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






16. Navarino Massacre






17. Siege of Khartoum






18. TheFirst Boer War.






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






20. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






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






22. The German Customs Union is formed.






23. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






24. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






25. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






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






28. Persian Prophet the B






29. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






30. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






31. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






32. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






33. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






34. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






35. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






36. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






37. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






38. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






39. Wilhelm R






40. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






41. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






42. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






43. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






44. First Anglo-Sikh War






45. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






47. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






48. First gramophone record






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






50. First Republic in Spain.