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19th Century Timeline

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1. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






2. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






3. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






4. France invades and occupies Algeria.






5. First Anglo-Sikh War






6. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






7. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






8. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






9. World population reaches 1 billion.






10. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






11. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






12. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






13. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






14. Second Anglo-Sikh War






15. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






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






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






18. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






19. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






20. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






21. Aspirin patented.






22. The Bront






23. Chilean Civil War.






24. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






25. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






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






28. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






29. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






30. First electric motor built.






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






32. Germany gains control of Camaroon






33. 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.






34. Dreyfuss Affair






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






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






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






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






40. Independence of Argentina






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






42. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






44. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






45. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






46. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






48. The Caste War of Yucat






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






50. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)







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