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19th Century Timeline
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1. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1877
1825
1884
1804
2. 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).
1805
1801
1884
1810
3. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1830
1888
1810
1837
4. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1834
1803
1812
1866
5. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1868
1863
1885
1896
6. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1844
1816
1876
1844
7. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1804-1813
1837
1801
1803
8. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1839
1868
1863
9. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1804
1851
1898
10. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1848
1894
1875
1899
11. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1889
1884
1801
12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1898
1837
1849
1804
13. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1825
1801
1815
1850
14. The New Zealand Land Wars
1845
1871
1861
1816
15. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1854
1801
1873
1896
16. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1843
1886
1823
1857
17. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1806
1830
1863
1836
18. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1857
1831
1872
1890
19. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1851
1885
1816
1805
20. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1806
1823
1843
1882
21. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1821
1883
1810
1816
22. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1841
1820
1895
1850
23. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1845
1874
1876
1851
24. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1899
1892
1877
1842
25. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1869
1801
1845
1816
26. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1877
1820
1845
1890
27. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1884
1861
1844
1810s
28. Independence of Chile
1804-1813
1864
1804
1818
29. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1849
1891
1877
1839
30. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1845
1866
1877
1825
31. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1819
1863
1865
1874
32. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1801
1825
1898
33. The Soci
1896
1874
1818
1849
34. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1803
1829
1874
1848
35. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1894
1808
1837
1884
36. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1804
1896
1857
1820
37. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1839
1863
1829
1838
38. Suez Canal is constructed.
1886
1865-April 9 - 1865
1859
1804
39. First section of the London Underground opens.
1890
1810
1844
1863
40. Mormon migration to Utah.
1814
1863
1813
1846
41. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1826
1888
1866
1877
42. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1805
1890
1848
1870s-1890s
43. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1883
1887
1837
1806
44. 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.
1808
1870
1876
1861
45. Mormon migration to Utah.
1801
1840
1891
1846
46. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1896
1869
1868
1807
47. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1838
1804
1892
1801
48. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1877
1844
1881
1825
49. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1825
1883
1899
1882
50. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1830
1842
1855
1875