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19th Century Timeline
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1. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1801
1886
1804
1898
2. The Bront
1847
1804
1865-April 14 - 1865
1886
3. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1884
1889
1820
1820
4. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1814
1845
1874
5. 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.
1825
1804
1866
1848
6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1808
1889
1837
1855
7. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1836
1804
1830
1858
8. Independence of Luxembourg.
1850
1890
1862
1849
9. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1843
1806-1812
1895
1848
10. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1839
1896
1825
1898
11. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1871
1861
1838
12. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1892
1822
1816
1894
13. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1831
1881
1851
1897
14. Famine in Finland.
1885
1893
1866
1885
15. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1840
1803
1871
1889
16. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1804
1862
1876
1881
17. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1803
1876
1851
1898
18. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1859
1826
1877
19. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1848
1856
1820
1884
20. Siege of Khartoum
1862
1872
1884
1894
21. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1849
1851
1818
1834
22. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1860
1886
1894
1853
23. Uruguayan Civil War
1866
1832
1885
1839
24. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1879
1894
1825
1837
25. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1829
1821
1888
1817
26. Independence of Chile
1825
1881
1818
1819
27. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1850
1831
1863
1885
28. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1822
1884
1885
1870
29. 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).
1886
1825
1810
1850
30. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1837
1851
1820
1871
31. Navarino Massacre
1805
1831
1821
1885
32. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1866
1885
1844
1851
33. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1869
1886
1895
1851
34. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1889
1853
1861
1825
35. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1846
1828
1844
1847
36. Chilean Civil War.
1884
1817
1891
1813
37. The New Zealand Land Wars
1886
1898
1845
1813
38. Dreyfuss Affair
1884
1819
1894
1895
39. Indian famine begins.
1804
1807
1886
1899
40. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1844
1807
1820
41. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1883
1885
1889
1809
42. The Soci
1824
1899
1874
1889
43. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1804
1876
1879
44. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1879
1805
1844
1878
45. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1838
1878
1820
1814
46. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1814
1844
1869
1830
47. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1842
1868
1883
1898
48. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1893
1877
1892
1849
49. The Communist Manifesto published.
1893
1848
1846
1898
50. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1893
1865
1876
1850