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19th Century Timeline

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1. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






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






3. 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.






4. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






5. Canadian Confederation formed.






6. July Revolution in France.






7. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






8. Aspirin patented.






9. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






10. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






11. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






12. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






13. The German Customs Union is formed.






14. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






15. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






16. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






18. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






20. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






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






22. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






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






24. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt






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






26. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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






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






29. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






30. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






31. Siege of Khartoum






32. First steam locomotive begins operation.






33. Wilhelm R






34. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






35. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






36. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






37. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.






38. Navarino Massacre






39. Volleyball is invented






40. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






41. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






42. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.






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






44. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






45. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






47. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






48. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






49. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






50. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.