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19th Century Timeline
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1. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1896
1848
1894
1821
2. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1842
1842
1876
1897
3. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1804
1820
1882
1801
4. First section of the London Underground opens.
1856
1863
1824
1801
5. Canadian Confederation formed.
1898
1867
1803
1887
6. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1892
1839
1871
7. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1877
1810s
1801
1821
8. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1881
1867
1825
1860
9. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1851
1867
1830
1876
10. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1813
1845
1845
1827
11. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1801
1843
1831
1836
12. The New Zealand Land Wars
1849
1819
1845
1872
13. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1839
March 18 - 1871
1806-1812
1894
14. Discovery of Antarctica
1889
1804
1887
1820
15. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1863
1851
1837
1810
16. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1873
1850
1882
1892
17. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1836
1801
1885
1893
18. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1846
1888
1898
1831
19. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1840
1844
1821
1812
20. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1827
1836
1894
1875
21. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1801
1876
1894
1875
22. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1834
1871
1867
23. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1853
1826
1802
1864
24. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1825
1890
1876
1837
25. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1868
1886
1844
1883
26. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1883
1825
1826
1837
27. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1803
1885
1871
1801
28. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1812
1839
1879
29. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1897
1895
1804-1813
1849
30. Independence of Luxembourg.
1831
1821
1869
1890
31. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1801
1813
1860
1848
32. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1810
1831
1830
1844
33. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1874
1846
1830
1869
34. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1846
1838
1816
1862
35. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1813
1891
March 18 - 1871
1818
36. France annexes Cambodia.
1839
1808
1863
1842
37. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1804
1866
1829
1873
38. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1890
1839
1816
1874
39. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1819
1896
1861
1829
40. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1876
1836
1813
1837
41. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1806
1804
1827
42. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1824
1867
1868
1830
43. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1890
1803
1831
1867
44. 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.
1836
1897
1870
1877
45. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1802
1896
1834
1803
46. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1888
1889
1806
1818
47. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1844
1865
1820
1817
48. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1831
1879
1897
1869
49. Morphine first isolated.
1897
1804
1814
1825
50. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1868
1840
1836
1876