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19th Century Timeline

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1. Missouri Compromise






2. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






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






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






6. Russo-Persian War.






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






8. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






10. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






11. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






12. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






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






14. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






15. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






17. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






18. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






19. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






20. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






21. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






22. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






23. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






24. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






25. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






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






27. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






29. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






31. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






32. Carlist Wars in Spain.






33. Navarino Massacre






34. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






35. Persian Prophet the B






36. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






37. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






38. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






39. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






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






41. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






42. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






44. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






45. 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.






46. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






47. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






48. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






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






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