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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






3. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






4. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






5. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






6. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






7. Basketball is invented.






8. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






9. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






11. World's first oil refinery in Romania






12. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






13. California Gold Rush






14. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






15. The Communist Manifesto published.






16. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






17. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






18. Uruguayan Civil War






19. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






20. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






22. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






23. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






24. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






25. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






26. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






27. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






28. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






29. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.






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






31. Suez Canal is constructed.






32. Egyptian






33. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






34. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






35. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






36. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






37. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






39. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






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






42. Morphine first isolated.






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






44. Persian Prophet the B






45. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






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






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






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






49. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






50. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi