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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Trumpet gets valves.






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






3. Persian Prophet the B






4. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






5. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






6. First steam locomotive begins operation.






7. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






8. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






9. Missouri Compromise






10. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






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






12. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






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






14. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






15. Independence of Bolivia.






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






17. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






18. Wilhelm R






19. Siege of Khartoum






20. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






21. Wilhelm R






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






23. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






24. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






25. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






26. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






27. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






28. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






29. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






30. The New Zealand Land Wars






31. France annexes Cambodia.






32. The Soci






33. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






35. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






36. The quagga is rendered extinct.






37. France invades and occupies Algeria.






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






43. Russo-Persian War.






44. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






45. World's first oil refinery in Romania






46. Independence of Luxembourg.






47. Siege of Khartoum






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






49. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






50. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line