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19th Century Timeline

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






2. Chilean Civil War.






3. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






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






5. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






6. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






7. First section of the London Underground opens.






8. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






9. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






10. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






11. 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.






12. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






13. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






16. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).






17. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






18. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






19. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






20. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust






21. July Revolution in France.






22. Death of Alexander Pushkin






23. First electric motor built.






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






25. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






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






27. The cardboard box is invented.






28. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






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






31. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






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






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






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






35. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






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






38. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






39. Volleyball is invented






40. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






41. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






42. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa






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






44. The British Empire takes over Balochistan






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






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






47. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






49. SecondIndustrial Revolution






50. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.