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19th Century Timeline
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1. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1868
1804
1803
1839
2. Telegraphy patented.
1810
1853
1894
1837
3. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1877
1856
1896
4. Th
1805
1831
1804
1819
5. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1886
1848
1865
1810s
6. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1899
1899
March 18 - 1871
1805
7. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1876
1837
1884
1897
8. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1884
1849
1809
1817
9. Uruguayan Civil War
1866
1881
1802
1839
10. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1837
1833
1803
1815
11. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1804
1817
1875
1861
12. Dreyfuss Affair
1868
1830
1871
1894
13. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1820
1858
1896
1888
14. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1814
1803
1890
1834
15. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1895
1814
1801
1845
16. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1894
1825
1895
17. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1829
1810
1830
18. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1837
1897
1887
1893
19. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1877
1894
1895
1886
20. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1898
1863
1867
1889
21. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1887
1829
1845
1877
22. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1869
1801
1896
1801
23. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1889
1863
1831
1801
24. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1885
1837
1881
1884
25. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1872
1845
1890
1849
26. Volleyball is invented
1895
1831
1848
1896
27. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1863
1870s-1890s
1841
28. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1888
1889
1873
1836
29. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1833
1868
1806
1837
30. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1889
1867
1804
31. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1810
1848
1873
32. First electric motor built.
1886
1829
1804
1889
33. France annexes Cambodia.
1856
1874
1863
1838
34. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1868
1804
1881
1817
35. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1875
1835
1804
1866
36. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1890
1817
1808
1838
37. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1898
1804
1870s-1890s
1892
38. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1817
1801
1888
1871
39. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1852
1834
1839
40. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1899
1816
1859
1834
41. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1802
1834
1876
1872
42. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1825
1829
1803
1892
43. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1871
1836
1801
44. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1804
1821
1885
1833
45. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1892
1814
1808
1830
46. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1836
1873
1898
47. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1834
1831
1865-April 14 - 1865
1890
48. Indian famine begins.
1874
1884
1899
1876
49. 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.
1886
1866
1805
1814
50. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1884
1877
1812
1804