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19th Century Timeline

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1. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.






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






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






4. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph






5. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






6. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






7. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (






8. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.






9. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






10. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






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






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






13. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.






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






15. The Pony Express started.






16. The Bront






17. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






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






19. Canadian Confederation formed.






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






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






22. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.






23. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






24. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






25. July Revolution in France.






26. Aspirin patented.






27. Greco-Turkish War.






28. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.






29. Navarino Massacre






30. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.






31. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen






32. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.






33. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.






34. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






35. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






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






37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein






38. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






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






40. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






41. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb






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






43. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






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






45. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






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






47. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






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






49. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






50. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.