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19th Century Timeline

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






2. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






3. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






5. The Communist Manifesto published.






6. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






7. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






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






9. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






10. France annexes Cambodia.






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






12. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






13. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.






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






15. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






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






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






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






19. Missouri Compromise






20. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






21. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.






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






23. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






24. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






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






26. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






27. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






28. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






29. The Pony Express started.






30. 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






31. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






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






33. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






34. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






35. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.






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






38. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)






39. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






40. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






41. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






42. 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.






43. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






44. Independence of Argentina






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






46. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






47. Germany gains control of Camaroon






48. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






49. 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).






50. The German Customs Union is formed.







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