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19th Century Timeline

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1. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






2. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






3. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






4. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






5. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






6. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






7. First steam locomotive begins operation.






8. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






9. First Republic in Spain.






10. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






12. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






14. The Decembrist revolt






15. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






16. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






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






18. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






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






21. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






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






23. TheFirst Boer War.






24. Chilean Civil War.






25. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






26. 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).






27. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






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






29. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






30. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






31. The quagga is rendered extinct.






32. 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).






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






34. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






35. The Bront






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






37. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






38. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






39. First section of the London Underground opens.






40. TheFirst Boer War.






41. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






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






44. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






45. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






46. 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.






47. Famine in Finland.






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






49. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






50. Independence of Chile