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19th Century Timeline

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1. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






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






3. Siege of Khartoum






4. Independence of Bolivia.






5. Morphine first isolated.






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






7. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






8. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






9. The Decembrist revolt






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






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






12. Navarino Massacre






13. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.






14. Victorian gold rush in Australia






15. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






16. Basketball is invented.






17. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






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






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






20. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






21. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






22. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






23. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






24. Cairo falls to the British.






25. Indian famine begins.






26. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






27. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






29. First section of the London Underground opens.






30. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






31. California Gold Rush






32. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






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






35. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






36. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






37. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






38. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






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






40. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






41. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






42. Russia abolishes serfdom.






43. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






44. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






45. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






47. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






49. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






50. Mormon migration to Utah.