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19th Century Timeline

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1. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






2. Death of Alexander Pushkin






3. Indian famine begins.






4. Slavery banned in Brazil.






5. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






6. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






7. Russo-Persian War.






8. Victorian gold rush in Australia






9. Telegraphy patented.






10. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






11. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






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






19. Independence of Bolivia.






20. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






21. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






22. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






23. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






25. Persian Prophet the B






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






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






28. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






29. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






30. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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






32. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






33. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






34. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






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






36. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






37. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






38. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






40. SecondIndustrial Revolution






41. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






42. 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.






43. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






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






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






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






47. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






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






49. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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