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19th Century Timeline

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1. Independence of Argentina






2. The New Zealand Land Wars






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






4. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.






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






6. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.






7. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






8. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






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






10. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






11. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.






12. First steam locomotive begins operation.






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






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






15. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.






16. First Anglo-Sikh War






17. Greco-Turkish War.






18. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance






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






20. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






21. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






22. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.






23. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






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






25. Independence of Bolivia.






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






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






28. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.






29. Canadian Confederation formed.






30. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds






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






32. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.






33. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






34. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.






35. Famine in Finland.






36. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






37. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.






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






39. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






40. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






41. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






42. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.






43. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.






44. Discovery of Antarctica






45. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






46. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






47. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






48. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






49. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.






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