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19th Century Timeline

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






2. First gramophone record






3. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






4. Cairo falls to the British.






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






6. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






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






8. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






9. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






10. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






11. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






12. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






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






14. July Revolution in France.






15. The German Customs Union is formed.






16. First gramophone record






17. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






18. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






19. World's first oil refinery in Romania






20. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






21. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






23. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






24. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






25. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






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






27. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






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






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






31. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






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






34. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






36. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






37. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






38. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






40. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






41. 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.






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






43. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






44. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






45. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






46. First Republic in Spain.






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






48. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






49. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






50. Independence of Argentina