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19th Century Timeline

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1. France invades and occupies Algeria.






2. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






3. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






4. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






5. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






6. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






7. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






8. Dreyfuss Affair






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






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






11. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






12. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






13. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






14. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






16. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






17. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






19. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






21. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






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






23. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






24. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






25. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






26. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






27. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






28. Siege of Khartoum






29. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






30. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






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






32. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






33. Famine in Finland.






34. Missouri Compromise






35. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






36. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






37. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






39. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






40. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






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






42. France annexes Cambodia.






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






44. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






45. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






47. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






48. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






49. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






50. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.