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19th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19






2. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






3. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






4. Independence of Bolivia.






5. First Anglo-Sikh War






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






7. Russia abolishes serfdom.






8. First steam locomotive begins operation.






9. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep






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






11. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






12. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.






13. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






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






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






16. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.






17. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.






18. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






19. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.






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






21. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






22. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






23. Independence of Argentina






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






25. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.






26. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






27. Wilhelm R






28. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






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






30. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






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






32. Independence of Bolivia.






33. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.






34. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






35. Independence of Luxembourg.






36. Slavery banned in Brazil.






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






38. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world






39. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






40. Greco-Turkish War.






41. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






42. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.






43. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.






44. The Soci






45. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.






46. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.






47. The New Zealand Land Wars






48. SpanishInquisition officially ends.






49. Navarino Massacre






50. The Caste War of Yucat