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19th Century Timeline

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1. California Gold Rush






2. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






4. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






5. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






6. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






7. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






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






10. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






11. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






12. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






13. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






14. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






15. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






16. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






18. First gramophone record






19. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






20. Uruguayan Civil War






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






22. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






25. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






27. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






28. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






29. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






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






32. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






33. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






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






35. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






36. Telegraphy patented.






37. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






39. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






40. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






41. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






42. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






43. France invades and occupies Algeria.






44. 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.






45. Cairo falls to the British.






46. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






47. Independence of Argentina






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






49. Indian famine begins.






50. Second Anglo-Sikh War