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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1834
1832
1866
1850
2. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1892
1860
1824
1804
3. Greco-Turkish War.
1825
1897
1810s
1833
4. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1804
1864
1868
5. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1865
1846
1880
1807
6. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1812
1805
1896
1825
7. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1834
1803
1859
1886
8. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1879
1865-April 9 - 1865
1890
1872
9. The Trumpet gets valves.
1806
1868
1810
1892
10. First section of the London Underground opens.
1803
1893
1841
1863
11. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1870
1877
1892
1839
12. First gramophone record
1886
1894
1825
1831
13. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1850
1848
1839
1856
14. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1801
1838
1866
1847
15. The Trumpet gets valves.
1829
1873
1810
1820
16. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1874
1862
1858
1895
17. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1865
1801
1896
1877
18. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1803
1894
1849
1898
19. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1825
1888
1899
1840
20. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1806-1812
1889
1881
1883
21. First Republic in Spain.
1874
1885
1808
1862
22. California Gold Rush
1839
1897
1848
1831
23. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1899
1840
1831
1885
24. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1803
1884
1853
1806
25. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1837
1894
1808
1863
26. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1801
1881
1816
1847
27. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1895
1895
1864
28. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1890
1850
1855
1867
29. Chilean Civil War.
1885
1829
1891
1801
30. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1854
1829
1868
1874
31. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1890
1849
1827
32. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1808
1825
1817
33. TheFirst Boer War.
1895
1880
1893
1865
34. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1883
1879
1830
1862
35. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1867
1850
1888
1866
36. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1801
1855
1890
1810s
37. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
March 18 - 1871
1886
1871
1884
38. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1808
1886
1842
39. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1843
1851
1804
1814
40. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1801
1837
1805
1896
41. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1852
1849
1813
1830
42. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1830
1825
1866
43. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1867
1830
1866
1814
44. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1805
1867
1863
1842
45. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1854
1863
1837
1866
46. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1841
1823
1801
1839
47. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1828
1884
1814
1839
48. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1871
1862
1840
1831
49. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1870
1893
1804
1837
50. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1836
1862
1868
1895