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19th Century Timeline

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1. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






2. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






3. Russia abolishes serfdom.






4. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






5. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






6. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






7. Greco-Turkish War.






8. Mormon migration to Utah.






9. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






10. Volleyball is invented






11. World's first oil refinery in Romania






12. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






13. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






14. TheFirst Boer War.






15. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






16. Italy annexes Eritrea.






17. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






18. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






20. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






21. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






22. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






23. Wilhelm R






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






25. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






27. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






28. First gramophone record






29. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






30. California Gold Rush






31. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






32. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






33. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






34. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






35. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






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






37. France annexes Cambodia.






38. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






39. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






40. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






41. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






42. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






43. July Revolution in France.






44. Cairo falls to the British.






45. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






46. Siege of Khartoum






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






48. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






49. The Trumpet gets valves.






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







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