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19th Century Timeline
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1. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1889
1837
1856
1881
2. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1810
1820
1868
1861
3. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1845
1804
1879
1813
4. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1889
1871
1877
1851
5. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1877
1863
1885
1815
6. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1810s
1856
1817
7. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1816
1821
1854
1872
8. Missouri Compromise
1809
1821
1820
1862
9. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1872
1895
1889
1835
10. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1804
1869
1837
1886
11. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1825
1821
1804
1868
12. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1854
1822
1861
1881
13. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1806-1812
1831
1801
1895
14. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1846
1885
1840
1812
15. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1881
1870
1867
1815
16. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1848
1866
1837
1805
17. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1897
1874
1831
1881
18. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1895
1813
1838
1834
19. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1877
1819
1845
1889
20. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1881
1844
1801
1834
21. 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.
1822
1837
1815
1876
22. The New Zealand Land Wars
1851
1849
1845
1838
23. Dreyfuss Affair
1854
1848
1894
1801
24. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1889
1899
1890
1813
25. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1830
1813
1876
1845
26. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1887
1879
1844
1801
27. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1898
1838
1802
28. Independence of Chile
1818
1813
1881
1808
29. Navarino Massacre
1821
1884
1830
1858
30. The Pony Express ended.
1862
1835
1877
1848
31. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1822
1818
1896
1881
32. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1884
1881
1821
1863
33. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1868
1839
1817
1821
34. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1813
1884
1892
1897
35. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1892
1816
1843
36. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1837
1821
1892
37. The Trumpet gets valves.
1896
1810
1804
1887
38. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1868
1864
1819
39. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1838
1812
1876
1895
40. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1841
1886
1881
41. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1816
1824
1875
1895
42. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1891
1821
1837
1890
43. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1839
1839
1822
1830
44. Telegraphy patented.
1899
1817
1848
1837
45. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1821
1804
1842
1870s-1890s
46. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1861
1808
1854
1863
47. Morphine first isolated.
1871
1846
1804
1835
48. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1890
1829
1804
1830
49. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1863
1855
1878
1882
50. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1841
1882
1898
1838