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19th Century Timeline

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1. Famine in Finland.






2. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






3. California Gold Rush






4. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






5. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






6. Missouri Compromise






7. The German Customs Union is formed.






8. The Pony Express started.






9. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






10. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






11. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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






13. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






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






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






17. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






18. Aspirin patented.






19. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






20. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






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






22. First Anglo-Sikh War






23. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






24. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






25. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






26. Siege of Khartoum






27. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






28. First Anglo-Sikh War






29. Discovery of Antarctica






30. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






31. Peterloo massacre in England.






32. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






33. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






34. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






35. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






36. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






37. Russo-Persian War.






38. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






39. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






40. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






41. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






42. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






43. The cardboard box is invented.






44. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






45. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






46. Siege of Khartoum






47. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






48. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






49. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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