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19th Century Timeline

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1. 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






2. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






4. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






6. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






7. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






8. Victorian gold rush in Australia






9. Volleyball is invented






10. Independence of Argentina






11. Independence of Bolivia.






12. Carlist Wars in Spain.






13. Independence of Chile






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






15. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






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






17. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






19. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






20. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






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






22. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






23. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






25. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






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






27. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






28. TheFirst Boer War.






29. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






30. SecondIndustrial Revolution






31. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






32. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






33. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






34. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






35. Chilean Civil War.






36. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






37. The Pony Express started.






38. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






40. The Pony Express ended.






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






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






43. The Communist Manifesto published.






44. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






45. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






47. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






48. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






49. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






50. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.