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19th Century Timeline

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1. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






2. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






3. The Pony Express started.






4. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






5. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






6. World population reaches 1 billion.






7. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






8. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






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






10. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






11. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






12. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






13. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






14. Uruguayan Civil War






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






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






17. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






18. Independence of Argentina






19. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






21. Slavery banned in Brazil.






22. Death of Alexander Pushkin






23. Germany gains control of Camaroon






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






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26. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






27. Missouri Compromise






28. 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.






29. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






30. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






31. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






32. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






33. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






34. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






35. The Communist Manifesto published.






36. 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.






37. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






38. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






39. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






40. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






41. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






42. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






43. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






45. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






46. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






48. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






49. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






50. Cairo falls to the British.