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19th Century Timeline

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1. The Communist Manifesto published.






2. Chilean Civil War.






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






4. Canadian Confederation formed.






5. Uruguayan Civil War






6. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






7. Wilhelm R






8. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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






10. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






11. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






14. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






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






16. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






17. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






19. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






21. Russo-Persian War.






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






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






24. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






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






26. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






27. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






28. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






29. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






30. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






32. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.






33. Egyptian






34. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






35. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






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






37. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






38. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






39. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






40. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






41. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






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






43. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






44. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






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






46. 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.






47. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






48. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






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






50. Aspirin patented.






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