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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Independence of Chile






4. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






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






6. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






7. First section of the London Underground opens.






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






9. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






10. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.






11. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






12. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






13. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






14. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






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






16. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






17. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






18. First isolation of aluminum.






19. Discovery of Antarctica






20. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






21. The Soci






22. The Bront






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






24. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






25. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






26. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






27. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






28. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






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






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






31. The Trumpet gets valves.






32. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






33. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






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






35. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






36. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'






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






38. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






39. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






41. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






42. Chilean Civil War.






43. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






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






45. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






46. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.






47. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






48. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






49. Carlist Wars in Spain.






50. First commercial film release by Jean Aim