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19th Century Timeline
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1. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1803
1819
1830
1824
2. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1894
1880
1876
1834
3. 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
1855
1874
1857
1803
4. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1844
1898
1881
1843
5. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1810
1896
1830
1876
6. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1886
1845
1893
1890
7. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1843
1857
1848
1886
8. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1880
1828
1820
1846
9. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1845
1801
1820
1879
10. Canadian Confederation formed.
1892
1874
1817
1867
11. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854
1849
1853
1833
12. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1802
1820
1888
1867
13. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1868
1878
1877
1842
14. Russo-Persian War.
1812
1813
1804-1813
1893
15. TheFirst Boer War.
1893
1815
1880
1895
16. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1884
March 18 - 1871
1812
1894
17. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1851
1877
1858
1851
18. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1834
1825
1885
1826
19. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1898
1842
1867
20. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1844
1837
1876
1809
21. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1829
1804
1831
22. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1881
1838
1896
1876
23. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1804
1865
1853
1801
24. The New Zealand Land Wars
1839
1825
1876
1845
25. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1815
1848
1845
1806-1812
26. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1804
1844
1845
1814
27. 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.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1822
1868
1881
28. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1806
1855
1894
1842
29. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1851
1868
1844
1888
30. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1877
1886
1822
1877
31. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1831
1829
1822
1808
32. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1856
1897
1814
1848
33. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1851
1836
1818
1893
34. The Decembrist revolt
1866
1869
1892
1825
35. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1884
1851
1810s
1879
36. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1847
1838
1834
37. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1881
1829
1888
1847
38. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1804
1891
1886
1848
39. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1829
1801
1839
1877
40. Suez Canal is constructed.
1896
1855
1894
1859
41. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1803
1863
1882
1873
42. 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.
1801
1886
1865-April 9 - 1865
1804
43. Greco-Turkish War.
1885
1822
1873
1897
44. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1818
1877
1829
1848
45. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1864
1886
1801
1862
46. Egyptian
1812
1831
1801
1855
47. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1871
1825
1803
1830
48. 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.
1805
1819
1803
1859
49. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1847
1826
1888
1861
50. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1844
1843
1860