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19th Century Timeline

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1. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






2. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






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






5. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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7. Missouri Compromise






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9. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






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






11. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






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






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






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






15. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






17. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






18. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






19. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






20. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






21. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






22. Siege of Khartoum






23. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






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






25. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






26. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






27. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






28. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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30. The Soci






31. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






32. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






33. Independence of Luxembourg.






34. Chilean Civil War.






35. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






36. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






37. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






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






39. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






40. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






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






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






44. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






45. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






47. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






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






49. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






50. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night