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19th Century Timeline

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1. Dreyfuss Affair






2. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






3. The Communist Manifesto published.






4. Independence of Argentina






5. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






6. Famine in Finland.






7. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






8. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






9. 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.






10. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






11. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






12. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






13. 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).






14. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






15. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






16. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






17. Uruguayan Civil War






18. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






19. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






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






22. Second Anglo-Sikh War






23. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






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25. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






26. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






27. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






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






29. The Pony Express started.






30. Independence of Chile






31. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






32. The Decembrist revolt






33. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






34. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






35. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






36. The Pony Express ended.






37. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






38. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






39. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






40. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






41. Victorian gold rush in Australia






42. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






43. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






44. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






45. First steam locomotive begins operation.






46. Persian Prophet the B






47. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






48. Russia abolishes serfdom.






49. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






50. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar