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19th Century Timeline

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






2. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






3. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






4. World population reaches 1 billion.






5. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






7. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






8. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






9. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






10. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






11. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






12. The Decembrist revolt






13. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






14. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






15. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






16. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






17. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






18. The New Zealand Land Wars






19. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






20. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






21. Victorian gold rush in Australia






22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






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






24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






26. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






28. 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.






29. The Decembrist revolt






30. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






31. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






32. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






33. The cardboard box is invented.






34. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






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






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






38. The Pony Express ended.






39. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






41. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






42. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






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






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






46. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






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






48. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






49. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






50. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.