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19th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






4. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






5. Russia abolishes serfdom.






6. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






7. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage






8. Second Anglo-Sikh War






9. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






10. Peterloo massacre in England.






11. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






12. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






13. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






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






16. Persian Prophet the B






17. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






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






19. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






20. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






21. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.






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






23. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






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






25. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






26. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






27. Cairo falls to the British.






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






29. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






30. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






31. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.






32. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.






33. Famine in Finland.






34. TheFirst Boer War.






35. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.






36. Discovery of Antarctica






37. Peterloo massacre in England.






38. Morphine first isolated.






39. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






41. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin






42. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented






43. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






44. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






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






46. France annexes Cambodia.






47. Navarino Massacre






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






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






50. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars







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