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19th Century Timeline

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1. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






3. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






4. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






5. The Pony Express ended.






6. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






7. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






8. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






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






10. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






11. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






13. First gramophone record






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






15. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






16. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






17. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






18. Greco-Turkish War.






19. 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.






20. California Gold Rush






21. July Revolution in France.






22. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






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






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






25. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






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






27. First isolation of aluminum.






28. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






29. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.






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






31. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






32. Russo-Persian War.






33. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






34. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






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






36. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






38. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






39. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






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






42. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






43. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






44. Germany gains control of Camaroon






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






46. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






47. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






48. Independence of Argentina






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






50. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.