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19th Century Timeline

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1. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






3. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






4. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






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






6. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






7. Navarino Massacre






8. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






10. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






11. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






12. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






13. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






14. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






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






16. 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.






17. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






18. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






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






20. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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






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






23. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






24. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






25. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






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






27. Famine in Finland.






28. The Bront






29. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






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






32. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






33. Germany gains control of Camaroon






34. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






36. World's first oil refinery in Romania






37. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






38. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






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






40. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






41. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






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






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






44. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






45. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






46. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






47. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






48. The Pony Express started.






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






50. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir