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19th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






2. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






3. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






4. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






5. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






6. The Caste War of Yucat






7. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






8. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






9. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






10. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






11. Suez Canal is constructed.






12. Discovery of Antarctica






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






14. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






15. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






16. The Soci






17. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






18. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






19. World population reaches 1 billion.






20. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






21. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






22. Independence of Bolivia.






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






24. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






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






26. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






27. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






28. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






29. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






30. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






31. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






32. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






33. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






34. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






35. Aspirin patented.






36. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






37. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






38. The cardboard box is invented.






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






40. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






41. Morphine first isolated.






42. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






43. 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.






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






45. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






46. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






47. Carlist Wars in Spain.






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






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






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