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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






4. Independence of Chile






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






6. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






7. Canadian Confederation formed.






8. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






9. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






10. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






12. Egyptian






13. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






14. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






15. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






16. The Bront






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






18. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






19. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






20. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






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






22. Cairo falls to the British.






23. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






24. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






25. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






26. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






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






28. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






29. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






30. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






32. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






34. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






35. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






36. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






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






38. Aspirin patented.






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






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






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






42. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






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






44. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






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






46. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






47. World's first oil refinery in Romania






48. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






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






50. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.







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