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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






3. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






4. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






5. Germany gains control of Camaroon






6. The Trumpet gets valves.






7. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






8. France annexes Cambodia.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






15. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






16. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






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






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19. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






20. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






21. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






22. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






23. Greco-Turkish War.






24. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






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






26. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






27. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






28. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






29. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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31. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






32. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






33. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






34. July Revolution in France.






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36. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






37. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






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






39. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






40. 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.






41. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






42. The Communist Manifesto published.






43. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






44. California Gold Rush






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






46. The cardboard box is invented.






47. 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.






48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






49. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






50. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.