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19th Century Timeline

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1. Telegraphy patented.






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






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






4. Navarino Massacre






5. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






6. First electric motor built.






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






8. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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10. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






11. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






12. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






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






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






15. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






16. TheFirst Boer War.






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






18. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






19. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






20. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






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






22. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






23. The New Zealand Land Wars






24. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






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






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






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






28. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






29. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






30. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






31. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






32. Second Anglo-Sikh War






33. Volleyball is invented






34. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






35. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






36. The Pony Express ended.






37. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






38. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






39. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






40. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






41. 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.






42. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






43. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






45. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






47. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






48. 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).






49. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






50. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein







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