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19th Century Timeline
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1. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1864
1864
1830
1876
2. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1894
1836
1836
1801
3. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1819
1808
1815
1887
4. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1804
1854
1845
1888
5. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1850
1842
1871
1895
6. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1804
1879
1845
1884
7. 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
1884
1815
1893
1895
8. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1814
1879
1836
1896
9. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1829
1830
1888
10. First section of the London Underground opens.
1805
1863
1804
1820
11. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1840
1890
1804-1813
1809
12. The Bront
1831
1878
1881
1847
13. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1870s-1890s
1899
1826
1885
14. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1850
1802
1880
1847
15. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1850
1898
1844
1881
16. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1886
1867
1830
1896
17. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1805
1815
1872
1831
18. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1866
1889
1882
1871
19. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1806
1851
1881
1814
20. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1875
1896
1867
1866
21. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1884
1898
1853
1816
22. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1814
1808
1892
1815
23. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1849
1876
1801
1896
24. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1826
1837
1895
1851
25. First isolation of aluminum.
1869
1825
1879
1817
26. Discovery of Antarctica
1892
1889
1866
1820
27. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1898
1831
1884
1813
28. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1874
1851
1899
1886
29. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1851
1801
1830
1802
30. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1861
1863
1803
31. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1886
1858
1813
1870s-1890s
32. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1853
1868
1888
1860
33. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1872
1801
1804
1830
34. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1861
1803
1888
1893
35. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1831
1869
1876
1895
36. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1832
1869
1886
1885
37. Volleyball is invented
1888
1831
1895
1825
38. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1801
1810
1801
1821
39. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1867
1801
1846
1807
40. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1879
1898
1889
1883
41. Dreyfuss Affair
1829
1806-1812
1894
1871
42. The Caste War of Yucat
1831
1876
1819
1847
43. Bah
1873
1866
1845
1863
44. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1837
1874
1839
1821
45. Telegraphy patented.
1843
1888
1817
1837
46. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1834
1874
1886
1845
47. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1820
1810s
1836
1810
48. The Pony Express ended.
1818
1893
1845
1862
49. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1879
1801
1818
1802
50. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1851
1831
1871
1825