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19th Century Timeline

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1. Wilhelm R






2. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






3. Aspirin patented.






4. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






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






6. Bah






7. Independence of Luxembourg.






8. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






9. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






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






11. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






12. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






13. 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






14. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






15. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






16. The cardboard box is invented.






17. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






18. The Bront






19. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






20. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






21. Famine in Finland.






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






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






24. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






25. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






26. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






27. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






28. Siege of Khartoum






29. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






30. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






31. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






32. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






33. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






34. Slavery banned in Brazil.






35. The Bront






36. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






37. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






38. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






39. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






40. The Communist Manifesto published.






41. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






42. Carlist Wars in Spain.






43. First section of the London Underground opens.






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






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






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






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






48. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






49. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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