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19th Century Timeline

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1. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






2. First steam locomotive begins operation.






3. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.






4. Siege of Khartoum






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






6. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






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






8. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






9. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






10. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






11. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.






12. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






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






14. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






16. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






18. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.






19. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






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






21. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






22. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






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






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






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






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






27. The German Customs Union is formed.






28. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.






29. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






30. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






31. Slavery banned in Brazil.






32. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






33. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America






34. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.






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






36. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






37. First steam locomotive begins operation.






38. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.






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






40. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






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






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






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






45. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






46. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.






47. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






48. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






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






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