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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






4. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






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






6. World's first oil refinery in Romania






7. The Caste War of Yucat






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






9. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






11. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






12. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






13. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






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






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






16. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






17. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






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






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






20. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






21. The Bront






22. 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).






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






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






25. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






26. The Trumpet gets valves.






27. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






28. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






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






30. Carlist Wars in Spain.






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






32. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






33. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






34. Independence of Chile






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






36. The Caste War of Yucat






37. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






38. Uruguayan Civil War






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






40. World population reaches 1 billion.






41. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






42. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






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






44. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






45. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






46. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






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






48. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






49. First electric motor built.






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