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19th Century Timeline

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1. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






2. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






3. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






4. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






5. Russo-Persian War.






6. The Trumpet gets valves.






7. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






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






9. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






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






11. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






12. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






14. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






15. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






16. Egyptian






17. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






18. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






19. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






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






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






22. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






23. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






24. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






25. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






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






27. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






28. 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.






29. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






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






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






32. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






33. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






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






35. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






36. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






37. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






38. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






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






40. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






42. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






43. Wilhelm R






44. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






46. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






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






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






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






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