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19th Century Timeline
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1. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1804
1818
1847
1842
2. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1895
1873
1839
1810
3. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1801
1835
1805
1879
4. Persian Prophet the B
1824
1877
1863
1844
5. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1810s
1876
1869
1874
6. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1820
1895
1821
1898
7. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1801
1867
1875
1877
8. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1847
1825
1836
1898
9. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1884
1817
1829
10. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1801
1805
1874
1872
11. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1801
1877
1842
1897
12. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1819
1888
1869
1883
13. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1896
1894
1889
1810
14. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1834
1801
1821
1886
15. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1801
1881
1837
1882
16. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1839
1837
1808
17. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1805
1802
1886
1893
18. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1897
1815
1809
19. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1801
1886
1817
1803
20. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1860
1890
1893
1881
21. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1804-1813
1854
1837
1865
22. Peterloo massacre in England.
1819
1848
1898
1899
23. The Bront
1885
1896
1847
1816
24. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1843
1830
1868
1866
25. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1825
1806
1866
1847
26. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1816
1898
1883
1871
27. First gramophone record
1859
1884
1894
1899
28. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1851
1898
1825
1895
29. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1839
1853
1808
1881
30. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1883
1819
1816
1822
31. Volleyball is invented
1877
1880
1895
1816
32. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1896
1865-April 9 - 1865
1818
1874
33. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1896
1863
1852
1829
34. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1880
1890
1837
1892
35. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1871
1839
1874
1806
36. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1837
1886
1833
1837
37. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1825
1856
1842
1881
38. The Pony Express ended.
1878
1862
1834
1880
39. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1874
1899
1889
1859
40. Egyptian
1889
1806
1831
1808
41. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1804
1878
1892
1818
42. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1838
1883
1848
1831
43. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1825
1844
1804
1899
44. Navarino Massacre
1801
1821
1893
1888
45. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1896
1843
1890
1873
46. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1801
1879
1831
47. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1843
1876
1889
1859
48. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1892
1853
1881
1883
49. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1821
1834
1801
1898
50. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1874
1815
1861
1830