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19th Century Timeline

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1. Greco-Turkish War.






2. California Gold Rush






3. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






4. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






5. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






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






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






9. Independence of Luxembourg.






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






11. Peterloo massacre in England.






12. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






13. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






14. Independence of Argentina






15. Basketball is invented.






16. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






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






18. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






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






20. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






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






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






23. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






24. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






25. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






27. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






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






29. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






30. The Caste War of Yucat






31. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






32. The Communist Manifesto published.






33. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






34. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






35. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






36. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






37. TheFirst Boer War.






38. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






39. Chilean Civil War.






40. 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.






41. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






42. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






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






44. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






45. Canadian Confederation formed.






46. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






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






48. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






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






50. Indian famine begins.