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19th Century Timeline

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1. World's first oil refinery in Romania






2. Indian famine begins.






3. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






4. Victorian gold rush in Australia






5. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.






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






7. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






8. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines






9. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.






10. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.






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12. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






13. Chilean Civil War.






14. Greco-Turkish War.






15. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.






16. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.






17. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).






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






19. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.






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






21. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.






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






23. Discovery of Antarctica






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






25. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic






26. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






27. Anaesthesia used for the first time.






28. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi






29. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom






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






31. Independence of Argentina






32. Independence of Chile






33. Persian Prophet the B






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






35. 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.






36. First Anglo-Sikh War






37. First gramophone record






38. 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.






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40. 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.






41. Cairo falls to the British.






42. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night






43. SecondIndustrial Revolution






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






45. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






46. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.






47. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






48. Kingdom of Belgium declared.






49. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar






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