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19th Century Timeline

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1. Indian famine begins.






2. First electric motor built.






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






4. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






6. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






7. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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






9. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






10. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






12. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






13. France invades and occupies Algeria.






14. California Gold Rush






15. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






16. Death of Alexander Pushkin






17. The Trumpet gets valves.






18. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






19. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






20. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






21. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






22. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






23. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






24. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






26. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






27. Independence of Luxembourg.






28. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






29. Morphine first isolated.






30. Aspirin patented.






31. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






32. Indian famine begins.






33. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






34. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






35. France annexes Cambodia.






36. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






37. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






38. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






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






41. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






42. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






43. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






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






45. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






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






47. The German Customs Union is formed.






48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






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






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