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19th Century Timeline

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1. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






2. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






4. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)






5. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






6. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.






7. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






8. World's first oil refinery in Romania






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






10. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist






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






12. Olympic Games revived inAthens.






13. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy






14. Aspirin patented.






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






16. July Revolution in France.






17. Canadian Confederation formed.






18. Persian Prophet the B






19. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.






20. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.






21. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






22. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






24. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven






25. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.






26. Siege of Khartoum






27. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.






28. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain






29. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.






30. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






31. Egyptian






32. Peterloo massacre in England.






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






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






35. Uruguayan Civil War






36. France annexes Cambodia.






37. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.






38. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






39. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






40. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






41. 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.






42. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.






43. 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.






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






45. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.






46. Russo-Persian War.






47. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






48. Germany gains control of Camaroon






49. Morphine first isolated.






50. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.