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19th Century Timeline

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1. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






2. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






3. Persian Prophet the B






4. First steam locomotive begins operation.






5. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






6. Indian famine begins.






7. Greco-Turkish War.






8. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






9. 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.






10. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






11. Telegraphy patented.






12. The Bront






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






14. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






15. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






16. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






17. The quagga is rendered extinct.






18. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






19. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






20. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






21. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






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






23. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






24. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






25. Persian Prophet the B






26. Independence of Argentina






27. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






28. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






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






30. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






31. The Decembrist revolt






32. The Pony Express started.






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






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






35. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






36. Independence of Luxembourg.






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. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






39. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






41. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






43. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






44. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






46. Th






47. Volleyball is invented






48. Second Anglo-Sikh War






49. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






50. Indian famine begins.