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19th Century Timeline

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1. Discovery of Antarctica






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






3. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






4. Dreyfuss Affair






5. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






6. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






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






8. The Pony Express started.






9. The Soci






10. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






12. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






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






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






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






16. First section of the London Underground opens.






17. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






18. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






19. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






20. The quagga is rendered extinct.






21. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






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






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






25. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






26. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






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






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






29. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






30. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






31. Egyptian






32. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






34. 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






35. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






36. Wilhelm R






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






38. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






40. First electric motor built.






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






42. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






43. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






44. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






45. Navarino Massacre






46. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






47. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






48. Siege of Khartoum






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






50. First gramophone record