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19th Century Timeline

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1. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






2. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






3. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






4. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






5. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






6. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






7. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.






8. The Communist Manifesto published.






9. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






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






11. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






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






13. Germany gains control of Camaroon






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






15. First Anglo-Sikh War






16. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






17. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






18. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






19. Aspirin patented.






20. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






21. The Pony Express started.






22. Uruguayan Civil War






23. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






24. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






25. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






27. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






28. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






29. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






30. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






31. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






32. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.






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






34. Independence of Argentina






35. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






36. Aspirin patented.






37. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






38. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






39. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






40. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






41. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






42. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






43. First gramophone record






44. Victorian gold rush in Australia






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






46. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






48. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






50. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.