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19th Century Timeline

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






2. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






3. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






4. The Communist Manifesto published.






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






6. The Pony Express ended.






7. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






8. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






9. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






10. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






11. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






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






13. Mormon migration to Utah.






14. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






15. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






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






17. July Revolution in France.






18. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






19. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






20. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






21. Cairo falls to the British.






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






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






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






25. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






26. Uruguayan Civil War






27. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






28. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






29. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






30. First electric motor built.






31. Morphine first isolated.






32. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






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






34. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






35. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.






36. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






37. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






38. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






40. 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






41. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






42. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






43. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.






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






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






46. The Trumpet gets valves.






47. Th






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






49. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






50. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.