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19th Century Timeline

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1. Chilean Civil War.






2. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






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






4. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






5. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






7. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






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






9. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






10. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






11. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






12. Independence of Bolivia.






13. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






14. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






15. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






16. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






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






18. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






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






20. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






21. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






22. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






23. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






24. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






26. SecondIndustrial Revolution






27. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






29. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






30. Wilhelm R






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






32. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






33. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.






34. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






35. The Soci






36. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






37. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






38. Russo-Persian War.






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






40. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






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






42. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






43. Egyptian






44. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






45. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






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






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






48. The Bront






49. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






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