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19th Century Timeline

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1. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






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






3. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






4. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






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






6. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






7. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






8. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






9. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






10. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






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






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






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






14. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






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. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






17. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






18. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






19. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






20. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






21. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






22. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






23. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






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






25. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






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






27. Indian famine begins.






28. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






29. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






30. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






31. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






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






33. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






34. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






35. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






36. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






37. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






38. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






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






41. Siege of Khartoum






42. Victorian gold rush in Australia






43. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






44. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






45. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






46. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






48. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






49. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






50. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.