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19th Century Timeline

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1. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






2. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






3. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






4. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






5. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






6. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






7. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






8. 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.






9. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






11. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






12. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






13. California Gold Rush






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






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






16. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






17. Indian famine begins.






18. July Revolution in France.






19. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






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






22. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






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






24. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






25. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






26. The Soci






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






28. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






29. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






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






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






32. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






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






35. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






36. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






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






38. The New Zealand Land Wars






39. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






40. 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).






41. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






42. Slavery banned in Brazil.






43. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






44. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






45. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






47. First steam locomotive begins operation.






48. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






49. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






50. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile