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19th Century Timeline

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1. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






3. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






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






5. The cardboard box is invented.






6. Egyptian






7. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






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






9. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






11. The German Customs Union is formed.






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






13. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






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






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16. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.






17. The Communist Manifesto published.






18. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.






19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






20. 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.






21. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






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






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






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






25. California Gold Rush






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






27. First Seminole War begins in Florida.






28. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






29. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.






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






31. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






32. 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






33. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






34. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest






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






36. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.






37. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.






38. The Soci






39. California Gold Rush






40. Russo-Persian War.






41. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






42. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






43. Basketball is invented.






44. Death of Alexander Pushkin






45. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.






46. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.






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






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






49. The Decembrist revolt






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