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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Decembrist revolt






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






3. The Trumpet gets valves.






4. World population reaches 1 billion.






5. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






6. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






7. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






8. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






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






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






12. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






13. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






14. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






15. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






17. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






18. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






19. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






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






21. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






23. The Decembrist revolt






24. Greco-Turkish War.






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






26. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






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






29. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






30. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






31. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






32. Telegraphy patented.






33. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






34. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






35. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






37. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






38. Uruguayan Civil War






39. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






41. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






42. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






43. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






45. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






46. Basketball is invented.






47. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






48. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






50. Morphine first isolated.