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19th Century Timeline

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1. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






2. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






3. Suez Canal is constructed.






4. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






5. 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.






6. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






7. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






8. Dreyfuss Affair






9. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






10. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.






11. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






12. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






13. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






14. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.






15. The Caste War of Yucat






16. Wilhelm R






17. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






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






19. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






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






22. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho






23. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






24. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






25. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






26. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






27. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain






28. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






29. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






30. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






32. Peterloo massacre in England.






33. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






34. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii






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






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






37. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






38. The Caste War of Yucat






39. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






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






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






42. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






43. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






44. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






45. Russo-Persian War.






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






47. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






48. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






49. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.






50. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.