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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Death of Alexander Pushkin






3. World's first oil refinery in Romania






4. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






5. The Bront






6. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






7. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






8. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






9. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






10. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






11. Cairo falls to the British.






12. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






13. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






14. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






15. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






17. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






18. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






19. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






20. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






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






23. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






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






25. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






26. The Decembrist revolt






27. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






29. Independence of Argentina






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






31. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






32. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






33. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






34. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






35. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






36. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






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






39. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






40. The Caste War of Yucat






41. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






43. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






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






45. Italy annexes Eritrea.






46. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






47. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






48. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






49. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






50. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.