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19th Century Timeline

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1. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






2. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






4. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






5. 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.






6. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






7. Germany gains control of Camaroon






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






9. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






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






11. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






12. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






13. Independence of Bolivia.






14. 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).






15. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






16. Germany gains control of Camaroon






17. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






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






20. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






21. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






22. Second Anglo-Sikh War






23. First isolation of aluminum.






24. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






25. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






26. Death of Alexander Pushkin






27. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






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






30. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






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






32. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






33. The New Zealand Land Wars






34. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






35. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






36. Independence of Luxembourg.






37. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Navarino Massacre






42. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






43. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






44. The Pony Express started.






45. Famine in Finland.






46. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






47. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






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






49. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






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







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