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19th Century Timeline

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1. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






2. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






3. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






4. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






5. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






6. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






7. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






8. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






9. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






10. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






11. First steam locomotive begins operation.






12. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






13. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






14. Navarino Massacre






15. Siege of Khartoum






16. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






17. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






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






19. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






20. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






21. Basketball is invented.






22. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






23. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






24. World population reaches 1 billion.






25. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






26. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






28. Independence of Chile






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






30. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






31. The Communist Manifesto published.






32. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






33. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






34. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






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






36. The Soci






37. First Anglo-Sikh War






38. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






40. Famine in Finland.






41. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






42. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






43. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






44. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






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






47. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






48. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






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






50. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.