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19th Century Timeline

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1. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






2. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






3. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






4. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






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






6. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






7. Independence of Argentina






8. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






9. Independence of Luxembourg.






10. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






12. France annexes Cambodia.






13. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






14. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






16. Russia abolishes serfdom.






17. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






18. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






19. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






21. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






22. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






24. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






26. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






27. The cardboard box is invented.






28. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






29. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






30. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






31. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






32. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






33. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






34. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






35. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






36. The New Zealand Land Wars






37. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






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






39. First Republic in Spain.






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






41. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






42. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






44. The Bront






45. Telegraphy patented.






46. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






47. The Pony Express started.






48. Death of Alexander Pushkin






49. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






50. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.