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19th Century Timeline

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1. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






3. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






4. Siege of Khartoum






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






6. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






7. The Decembrist revolt






8. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






9. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






10. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






11. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






12. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






13. Uruguayan Civil War






14. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






15. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






16. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






18. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






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






20. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






21. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






22. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






23. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






24. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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






26. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






28. Italy annexes Eritrea.






29. Dreyfuss Affair






30. World's first oil refinery in Romania






31. Aspirin patented.






32. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






33. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






34. Carlist Wars in Spain.






35. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






36. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






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






38. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






39. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






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






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






42. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






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






44. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






45. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






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






48. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






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






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