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19th Century Timeline

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1. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






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






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






4. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






5. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






6. 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.






7. The Pony Express ended.






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






9. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






10. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






12. Victorian gold rush in Australia






13. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






14. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






15. Famine in Finland.






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






17. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






18. Navarino Massacre






19. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






20. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






21. 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.






22. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






23. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






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






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






26. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






27. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






29. The Trumpet gets valves.






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






31. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






32. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






33. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






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






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






36. Discovery of Antarctica






37. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






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






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






40. 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






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






42. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






43. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






44. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






45. Russia abolishes serfdom.






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






47. First gramophone record






48. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






50. Dreyfuss Affair