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19th Century Timeline

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1. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






2. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






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






4. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






5. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






6. Telegraphy patented.






7. The cardboard box is invented.






8. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






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






10. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






11. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






12. California Gold Rush






13. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






14. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






15. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






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






17. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






18. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






19. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






20. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






21. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






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






23. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






24. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






25. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






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






27. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






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






29. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






30. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






31. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






32. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






33. Germany gains control of Camaroon






34. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






35. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






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






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






38. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






39. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






40. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






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






42. Uruguayan Civil War






43. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






44. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






45. The Trumpet gets valves.






46. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






47. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






48. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






49. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






50. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom







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