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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






3. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






4. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






5. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






6. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






7. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






8. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






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






10. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






11. 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.






12. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






13. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






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






16. The Caste War of Yucat






17. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






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






19. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






21. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






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






23. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






24. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






26. 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.






27. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






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






29. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






30. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






31. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






32. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






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






35. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






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






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






38. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






40. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






41. Russia abolishes serfdom.






42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






43. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






44. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






45. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






46. 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).






47. Persian Prophet the B






48. The cardboard box is invented.






49. First section of the London Underground opens.






50. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.