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19th Century Timeline

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1. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






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






3. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






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






5. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






6. California Gold Rush






7. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






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






9. July Revolution in France.






10. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






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






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






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






14. Independence of Chile






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






16. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






17. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






18. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






19. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






20. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






21. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






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






23. Volleyball is invented






24. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






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






27. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






28. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






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






30. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






31. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






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






33. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






34. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






36. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






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






38. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






40. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






41. Famine in Finland.






42. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






43. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






44. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






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






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






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






49. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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