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19th Century Timeline

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1. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






2. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






3. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






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






5. Slavery banned in Brazil.






6. 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.






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






8. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






9. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






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






11. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






12. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






13. Discovery of Antarctica






14. The cardboard box is invented.






15. World population reaches 1 billion.






16. Persian Prophet the B






17. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






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






19. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






20. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






21. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






22. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






23. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






25. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






26. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






27. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






28. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






29. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






30. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






31. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






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






33. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






34. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






35. SecondIndustrial Revolution






36. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






38. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






39. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






40. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






41. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






42. Telegraphy patented.






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






44. First Republic in Spain.






45. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






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






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






48. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






49. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






50. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.