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19th Century Timeline

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1. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






2. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






3. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






5. The Bront






6. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






7. Morphine first isolated.






8. Greco-Turkish War.






9. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






10. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






11. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






12. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






13. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






14. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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16. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






17. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






18. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






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






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






21. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






22. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






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






24. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






25. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






26. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






27. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






28. Mormon migration to Utah.






29. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






30. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






31. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






32. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






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34. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






35. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






36. The Pony Express started.






37. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






38. The Trumpet gets valves.






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






40. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






41. Independence of Luxembourg.






42. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






43. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






44. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






45. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






46. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






48. First isolation of aluminum.






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






50. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.