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19th Century Timeline

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






2. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






3. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






4. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






5. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






6. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






7. California Gold Rush






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






9. The Bront






10. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






11. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






13. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






14. Siege of Khartoum






15. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






16. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






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






18. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






19. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






20. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






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






22. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






23. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






25. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






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






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






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






29. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






30. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






31. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






33. Independence of Chile






34. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






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






37. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






38. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






39. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






40. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






41. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






42. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






43. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






44. Indian famine begins.






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






46. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






47. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






48. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






49. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






50. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19