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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.






4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.






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






6. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






7. Egyptian






8. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






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






11. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






12. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






13. First isolation of aluminum.






14. Missouri Compromise






15. 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).






16. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






17. World population reaches 1 billion.






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






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






20. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






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






22. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.






23. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






24. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.






25. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






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






27. Death of Alexander Pushkin






28. First Republic in Spain.






29. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






30. 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.






31. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






32. Second Anglo-Sikh War






33. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






34. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






35. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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






37. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






38. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






39. Siege of Khartoum






40. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






41. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






42. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






43. The Decembrist revolt






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






45. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






46. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






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






48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






49. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






50. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated