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19th Century Timeline

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






2. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






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






4. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






5. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






6. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






8. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






9. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






11. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






12. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






13. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






14. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






15. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






16. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






17. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






18. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






19. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






20. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






21. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






23. The Decembrist revolt






24. Slavery banned in Brazil.






25. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






26. Independence of Chile






27. Victorian gold rush in Australia






28. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






29. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






30. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






31. 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






32. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






33. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






34. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






35. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






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






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






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






39. The Soci






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






41. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






42. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






44. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






45. Famine in Finland.






46. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






47. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






48. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






49. Siege of Khartoum






50. Uruguayan Civil War