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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Greco-Turkish War.






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






4. Uruguayan Civil War






5. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






6. The Decembrist revolt






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






8. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






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






10. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






11. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






12. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






13. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






14. Navarino Massacre






15. Suez Canal is constructed.






16. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






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






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






19. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






20. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






21. SecondIndustrial Revolution






22. Volleyball is invented






23. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






24. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






25. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






26. 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.






27. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






28. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






29. Carlist Wars in Spain.






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






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






32. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






33. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






35. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






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






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






38. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






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






40. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






42. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






43. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






44. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






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






46. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






47. Independence of Chile






48. First gramophone record






49. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C






50. World's first oil refinery in Romania