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19th Century Timeline

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






2. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






3. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






4. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






10. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






11. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






12. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.






13. Russo-Persian War.






14. Dreyfuss Affair






15. Peterloo massacre in England.






16. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






17. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






18. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






19. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






20. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.






21. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






22. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






23. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






24. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






25. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






26. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.






27. Death of Alexander Pushkin






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






29. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






30. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






31. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






32. Basketball is invented.






33. Navarino Massacre






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






35. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






36. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






37. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






39. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






40. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.






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






42. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






43. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






44. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






45. The Trumpet gets valves.






46. TheFirst Boer War.






47. Independence of Chile






48. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






49. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






50. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.