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19th Century Timeline

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1. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






2. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






3. The quagga is rendered extinct.






4. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






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






6. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






7. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






8. Russia abolishes serfdom.






9. The Communist Manifesto published.






10. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






11. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






12. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






13. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






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






15. First isolation of aluminum.






16. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






18. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






19. Indian famine begins.






20. Independence of Bolivia.






21. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






22. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






23. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






24. SecondIndustrial Revolution






25. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






26. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






27. 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






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






29. Discovery of Antarctica






30. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






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






33. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






34. Chilean Civil War.






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






36. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






37. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






38. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






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






40. France invades and occupies Algeria.






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






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






43. Discovery of Antarctica






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






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






46. Volleyball is invented






47. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






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






49. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






50. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.