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19th Century Timeline

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1. The quagga is rendered extinct.






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






3. Victorian gold rush in Australia






4. Carlist Wars in Spain.






5. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






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






7. Independence of Luxembourg.






8. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






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






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






11. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






13. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






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






15. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






17. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






18. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






19. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






20. Indian famine begins.






21. The cardboard box is invented.






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






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






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






25. Mormon migration to Utah.






26. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






27. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






28. The cardboard box is invented.






29. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






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






31. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






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






33. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






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






35. Carlist Wars in Spain.






36. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






37. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






38. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






39. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






40. Egyptian






41. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






42. The Decembrist revolt






43. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






44. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






45. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






46. Independence of Luxembourg.






47. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






49. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






50. TheFirst Boer War.