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19th Century Timeline

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1. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.






2. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






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






4. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London






5. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.






6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.






7. Discovery of Antarctica






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






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






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






11. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






12. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony






13. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






14. First isolation of aluminum.






15. Famine in Finland.






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






17. Suez Canal is constructed.






18. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






19. The Soci






20. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.






21. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.






22. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.






23. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






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






25. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo






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






27. Victorian gold rush in Australia






28. Cro-Magnon man first identified.






29. First Republic in Spain.






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






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






32. Independence of Argentina






33. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






34. Egyptian






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






36. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






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






38. Slavery banned in Brazil.






39. World's first oil refinery in Romania






40. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






41. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






42. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






43. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






44. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






45. Independence of Luxembourg.






46. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






47. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.






48. Peterloo massacre in England.






49. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






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