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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






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






4. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






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






6. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






7. Famine in Finland.






8. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






9. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






10. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






11. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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13. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






14. Mormon migration to Utah.






15. The New Zealand Land Wars






16. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






18. Greco-Turkish War.






19. The German Customs Union is formed.






20. Aspirin patented.






21. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






23. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






24. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






25. Telegraphy patented.






26. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






27. The cardboard box is invented.






28. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






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






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






31. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






32. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






33. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






35. The quagga is rendered extinct.






36. Aspirin patented.






37. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






38. 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






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






40. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






41. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






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






43. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






44. First Republic in Spain.






45. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






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






47. Russo-Persian War.






48. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






49. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






50. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.