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19th Century Timeline

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1. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






2. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






3. The cardboard box is invented.






4. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






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






6. The Bront






7. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






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






9. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






10. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






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






13. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






14. The Pony Express ended.






15. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






17. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






18. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






19. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






20. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






21. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






22. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






23. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






24. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






25. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






26. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






27. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






28. Siege of Khartoum






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






30. First isolation of aluminum.






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






32. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






33. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






34. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






35. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






36. Siege of Khartoum






37. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






38. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






39. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






40. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






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






42. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






43. Germany gains control of Camaroon






44. Independence of Chile






45. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






46. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






47. Canadian Confederation formed.






48. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






49. Slavery banned in Brazil.






50. 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.