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19th Century Timeline
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1. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1872
1848
1888
1898
2. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1849
1883
1843
1897
3. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1876
1894
1844
1873
4. 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.
1894
1870
1804
1839
5. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1893
1890
1804-1813
1883
6. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1877
1806-1812
1896
1868
7. Chilean Civil War.
1897
1827
1820
1891
8. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1877
1848
1849
1848
9. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1847
1814
1824
10. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1834
1898
1830
1868
11. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1819
1898
1863
1805
12. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1898
1820
1876
1817
13. Independence of Luxembourg.
1877
1889
1890
1835
14. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1890
1888
1822
1899
15. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1888
1889
1864
1820
16. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1820
1816
1861
1825
17. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1845
1834
1871
1830
18. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1802
1870s-1890s
1896
1817
19. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1873
1821
1803
1879
20. Uruguayan Civil War
1879
1879
1869
1839
21. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1895
1816
1801
1821
22. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1861
1859
1886
1821
23. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1868
1824
1803
1889
24. The German Customs Union is formed.
1896
1834
1885
1868
25. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1835
1882
1853
1898
26. Independence of Chile
1818
1877
1890
1825
27. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1897
1865-April 14 - 1865
1876
1841
28. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1820
1828
1844
1851
29. 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
1894
1848
1803
1843
30. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1820
1812
1825
1877
31. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1886
1870
1877
1871
32. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1884
1874
1804
33. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1845
1855
1810
1855
34. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1832
1816
1820
1894
35. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1896
1804
1822
1883
36. 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
1815
1804
1881
1853
37. Egyptian
1861
1831
1844
1884
38. World population reaches 1 billion.
1850
1804
1875
1894
39. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1886
1803
1806
1873
40. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1804
1817
1898
1848
41. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1864
1877
1851
1850
42. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1864
1810
1841
1831
43. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1879
1848
1894
1804
44. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1828
1844
1840
45. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1818
1876
1825
1808
46. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1879
1831
1882
1876
47. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1884
1860
1804
1848
48. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1854
1871
1848
1883
49. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1898
1801
1856
1848
50. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861
1872
1863
1820