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19th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






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






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






4. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






5. 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.






6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






7. Peterloo massacre in England.






8. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






9. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






10. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






11. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






13. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






14. First steam locomotive begins operation.






15. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






16. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






17. First electric motor built.






18. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






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






20. Independence of Bolivia.






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






22. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






24. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






25. Uruguayan Civil War






26. Slavery banned in Brazil.






27. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






28. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






29. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






30. Telegraphy patented.






31. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






32. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






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






34. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






35. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






36. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






37. Dreyfuss Affair






38. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






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






40. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






41. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






42. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






43. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






44. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






45. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






46. Carlist Wars in Spain.






47. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






48. First isolation of aluminum.






49. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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