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19th Century Timeline
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1. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1834
1871
1886
2. First section of the London Underground opens.
1896
1896
1862
1863
3. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1814
1893
1884
1851
4. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1846
1830
1815
1871
5. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1871
1804
1884
1804
6. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1885
1834
1814
1872
7. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1881
1806
1879
8. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1832
1873
1857
1897
9. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1849
1874
1899
10. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1883
1826
1804-1813
1831
11. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1831
1830
1865
1878
12. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1848
1889
1812
1833
13. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1872
1898
1827
1839
14. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1826
1878
1843
1882
15. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1863
1868
1889
1844
16. The Pony Express started.
1860
1898
1838
1840
17. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1866
1801
1802
1848
18. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1806
1874
1803
1831
19. First electric motor built.
1819
1830
1849
1829
20. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1892
1842
1874
1898
21. The Caste War of Yucat
1898
1828
1854
1847
22. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1855
1885
1831
1810
23. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1801
1801
1882
1888
24. 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
1825
1896
1803
1881
25. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1889
1854
1801
1883
26. Uruguayan Civil War
1839
1834
1854
1819
27. Greco-Turkish War.
1819
1897
1885
1873
28. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1864
1845
1802
1873
29. Canadian Confederation formed.
1867
1879
1804
1856
30. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1817
1895
1896
1883
31. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1897
1828
1889
1886
32. World population reaches 1 billion.
1896
1834
1851
1804
33. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1841
1890
1898
1856
34. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1825
1851
1831
1892
35. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1867
1851
1889
1883
36. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1831
1895
1803
1837
37. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1894
1821
1886
1840
38. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1805
1890
1838
1851
39. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1836
1872
1820
1854
40. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1844
1868
1830
1828
41. The Pony Express started.
1860
1851
1820
1871
42. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1835
1801
1848
1889
43. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1805
1897
1894
1888
44. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1849
1816
1832
1879
45. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1804
1855
1846
1876
46. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1894
1869
1818
1880
47. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1892
1831
1894
1846
48. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1899
1890
1801
1814
49. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1857
1839
1893
1838
50. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1889
1866
1851
1838