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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






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






7. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






9. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






10. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






12. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






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






14. Independence of Bolivia.






15. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






16. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






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






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






19. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






20. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






22. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






23. Missouri Compromise






24. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






25. SecondIndustrial Revolution






26. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






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






28. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






29. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






30. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






32. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






33. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






34. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






35. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






36. Persian Prophet the B






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






38. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






39. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






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






41. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






42. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






43. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






44. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






45. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






46. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






47. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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






49. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






50. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.