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19th Century Timeline
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1. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1820
1876
1805
1801
2. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1877
1845
1805
1844
3. Wilhelm R
1879
1801
1895
1890
4. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1858
1883
1879
5. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1876
1888
1807
1859
6. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1804
1848
1889
1848
7. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1874
1838
1873
1844
8. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1830
1826
1840
1836
9. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1896
1821
1804
1843
10. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1863
1858
1835
11. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1806
1821
1888
12. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1876
1856
1881
1890
13. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1830
1884
1865
14. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1871
1863
1890
15. First Republic in Spain.
1833
1860
1874
1813
16. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1892
1892
1897
17. The New Zealand Land Wars
1877
1845
1899
1896
18. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1896
1870s-1890s
1830
1817
19. First isolation of aluminum.
1839
1866
1855
1825
20. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1831
1825
1827
21. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1863
1833
1815
1884
22. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1868
1830
1876
1827
23. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1894
1834
1820
1859
24. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1832
1863
1815
1889
25. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1894
1801
1848
26. 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.
1804-1813
1885
1870
1873
27. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1839
1880
1820
1825
28. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1846
1810
1826
29. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1891
1890
1825
1831
30. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1896
1867
1856
1838
31. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1814
1857
1801
1805
32. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1895
1825
1801
1894
33. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1804
1896
1849
1808
34. Famine in Finland.
1895
1830
1866
1848
35. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1864
1880
1886
1804
36. Morphine first isolated.
1860
1888
1840
1804
37. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1891
1886
1834
1890
38. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1825
1869
1854
1849
39. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1880
1801
1844
1899
40. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1883
1899
1819
1820
41. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1815
1804
1891
42. 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.
1867
1863
1815
1898
43. The German Customs Union is formed.
1871
1856
1834
1843
44. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1890
1886
1876
1859
45. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1896
1802
1872
1879
46. 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.
1842
1870
1815
1846
47. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1844
1861
1822
1884
48. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1879
1850
1813
1892
49. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1816
1827
1861
1881
50. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1813
1864
1803
1865-April 14 - 1865