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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






3. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






4. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






5. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






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






7. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






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






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






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






11. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






12. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






13. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






14. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






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






16. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






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






18. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






19. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






20. France annexes Cambodia.






21. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






22. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






24. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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






26. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






27. Egyptian






28. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






29. Volleyball is invented






30. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






31. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






32. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






33. Basketball is invented.






34. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






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






36. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






38. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






39. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






40. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






41. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






42. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






43. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






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






45. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






46. Dreyfuss Affair






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






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






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






50. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time