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19th Century Timeline
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1. Indian famine begins.
1890
1899
1883
1869
2. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1806-1812
1863
1829
1883
3. Th
1819
1867
1844
1831
4. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1805
1802
1844
1892
5. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1821
1805
1817
1801
6. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1883
1898
1856
1876
7. Navarino Massacre
1844
1866
1821
1839
8. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1804
1802
1804
9. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1884
1856
1874
1831
10. The Bront
1843
1830
1850
1847
11. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1886
1868
1881
1829
12. Telegraphy patented.
1810
1846
1837
1815
13. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1823
1810
1821
1836
14. Bah
1863
1898
1862
1815
15. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1805
1817
1848
16. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1834
1843
1817
1836
17. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1876
1877
1826
18. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1837
1848
1874
1889
19. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1876
1829
1803
1866
20. Cairo falls to the British.
1892
1843
1801
1863
21. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1815
1816
1861
22. Independence of Luxembourg.
1805
1890
1886
1866
23. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1886
1889
1816
1844
24. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1866
1874
1859
1877
25. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1877
1868
1833
1896
26. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1823
1823
1869
1847
27. The Trumpet gets valves.
1848
1894
1810
1804
28. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1839
1801
1862
1881
29. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1848
1816
1833
1868
30. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1801
1838
1814
1813
31. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1880
1876
1804
1896
32. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1869
1877
1892
1831
33. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1866
1845
1890
1899
34. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1894
1819
1877
1881
35. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1850
1832
1867
1889
36. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1801
1831
1845
1801
37. The Communist Manifesto published.
1884
1859
1848
1820
38. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1820
1832
1861
1872
39. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1877
1878
1839
1865
40. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1891
1864
1887
1844
41. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1803
1873
1857
1831
42. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1846
1849
1840
1833
43. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1874
1839
1801
1848
44. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1845
1876
1873
1875
45. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1831
1874
1817
1801
46. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1898
1869
1895
1849
47. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1844
1895
1839
1820
48. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1821
1884
1859
1803
49. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1816
1830
1886
1866
50. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1886
1876
1801
1830