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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Bront






2. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






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






5. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






6. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






7. Siege of Khartoum






8. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






9. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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






11. First electric motor built.






12. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






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






14. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






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






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






18. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






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






21. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






22. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






23. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






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






26. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






27. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






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






29. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






30. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






31. Bah






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






33. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






34. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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






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






37. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






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






39. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






40. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






41. Dreyfuss Affair






42. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






43. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






44. The Pony Express started.






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






46. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






47. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






48. TheFirst Boer War.






49. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






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