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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Morphine first isolated.






3. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






4. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






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






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






8. Peterloo massacre in England.






9. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






10. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






11. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






12. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






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






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






15. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






16. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






17. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






18. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






19. Independence of Chile






20. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






21. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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






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






24. First section of the London Underground opens.






25. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






26. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






27. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






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






29. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






30. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






31. The Communist Manifesto published.






32. The Communist Manifesto published.






33. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






34. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






35. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






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






37. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






39. 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.






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41. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






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






43. Missouri Compromise






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






45. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






46. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






47. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






48. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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






50. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.