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19th Century Timeline

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1. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






2. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






3. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






6. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






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






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






9. Basketball is invented.






10. The Soci






11. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






12. Indian famine begins.






13. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






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






15. World's first oil refinery in Romania






16. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






17. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






18. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






19. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






20. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






21. Germany gains control of Camaroon






22. Independence of Chile






23. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






24. Second Anglo-Sikh War






25. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






26. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






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






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






29. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






30. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






31. Siege of Khartoum






32. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






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






34. Aspirin patented.






35. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






36. Wilhelm R






37. Italy annexes Eritrea.






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






39. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






41. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






42. California Gold Rush






43. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






44. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






45. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






46. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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