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19th Century Timeline

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






2. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






4. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






5. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






6. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






7. 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.






8. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






9. Telegraphy patented.






10. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






11. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






12. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






13. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






14. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






15. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






17. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






18. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






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






20. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






21. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






22. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






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






24. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






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






27. The Caste War of Yucat






28. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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30. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






31. 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.






32. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






33. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






34. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






35. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






37. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






38. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






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






40. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






41. Dreyfuss Affair






42. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






43. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






44. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






45. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






47. 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.






48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






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






50. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.