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19th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






2. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






4. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






5. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






6. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






7. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






9. Mormon migration to Utah.






10. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






11. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






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






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






14. Carlist Wars in Spain.






15. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






16. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.






17. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






18. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






19. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






20. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






21. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






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






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






24. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






25. Telegraphy patented.






26. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






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






28. Navarino Massacre






29. Greco-Turkish War.






30. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






32. Independence of Chile






33. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






34. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






36. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






37. First Republic in Spain.






38. California Gold Rush






39. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






40. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.






41. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






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






44. Missouri Compromise






45. The Pony Express ended.






46. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






47. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






48. First Anglo-Sikh War






49. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






50. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist