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19th Century Timeline

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1. First Anglo-Sikh War






2. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.






3. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






4. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






5. First Republic in Spain.






6. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.






7. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






8. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






9. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






10. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






11. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.






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






13. Basketball is invented.






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






15. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada






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






17. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






18. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.






19. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time






20. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






21. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






22. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






23. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.






24. TheFirst Boer War.






25. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.






26. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






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






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






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30. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.






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






32. First steam locomotive begins operation.






33. Slavery banned in Brazil.






34. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






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






36. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.






37. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






38. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






39. The Trumpet gets valves.






40. Greco-Turkish War.






41. Basketball is invented.






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






43. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






44. 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.






45. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.






46. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






47. Death of Alexander Pushkin






48. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.






49. Uruguayan Civil War






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






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