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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






3. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






4. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






5. Mormon migration to Utah.






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






7. Wilhelm R






8. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






9. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






10. Cairo falls to the British.






11. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






12. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






14. Second Anglo-Sikh War






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






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






17. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






18. World population reaches 1 billion.






19. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






20. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






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






23. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






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






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






26. Germany gains control of Camaroon






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






28. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






29. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






30. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






31. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






32. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






33. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






34. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






35. Carlist Wars in Spain.






36. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






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






38. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






39. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






40. Independence of Chile






41. Missouri Compromise






42. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






43. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






44. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






46. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






47. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






48. Germany gains control of Camaroon






49. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






50. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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