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19th Century Timeline

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1. Aspirin patented.






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






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






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






5. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






7. Independence of Chile






8. Independence of Luxembourg.






9. World's first oil refinery in Romania






10. Wilhelm R






11. Cairo falls to the British.






12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






13. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






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






15. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






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






18. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






20. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






21. Mormon migration to Utah.






22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






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






24. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






25. World population reaches 1 billion.






26. Independence of Chile






27. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






28. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






29. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






30. First isolation of aluminum.






31. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






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






34. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






36. 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.






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






38. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






39. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






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






41. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






43. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






44. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






45. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






46. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






47. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






48. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






49. Suez Canal is constructed.






50. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.