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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






2. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






3. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






5. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






6. Discovery of Antarctica






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






8. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






9. Second Anglo-Sikh War






10. 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.






11. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






12. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






13. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






14. Suez Canal is constructed.






15. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






16. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






18. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






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






20. Volleyball is invented






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






22. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






24. 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).






25. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






26. The Bront






27. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






28. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






29. Independence of Argentina






30. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






31. Missouri Compromise






32. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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






34. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






35. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






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






37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






38. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






39. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






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






41. First steam locomotive begins operation.






42. California Gold Rush






43. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






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






45. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






46. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






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






48. France invades and occupies Algeria.






49. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






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