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19th Century Timeline

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1. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.






2. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.






3. Basketball is invented.






4. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






5. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






6. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.






7. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.






8. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia






9. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.






10. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






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






12. First isolation of aluminum.






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






14. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






15. France invades and occupies Algeria.






16. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated






17. First commercial film release by Jean Aim






18. 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.






19. California Gold Rush






20. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






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






22. Discovery of Antarctica






23. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






24. First gramophone record






25. Aspirin patented.






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






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






28. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.






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






30. Volleyball is invented






31. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.






32. Wilhelm R






33. 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.






34. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.






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






36. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published






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






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






39. The Decembrist revolt






40. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






41. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.






42. Morphine first isolated.






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






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






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






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






47. The Soci






48. First Anglo-Sikh War






49. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






50. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa







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