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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1839
1890
1892
1862
2. July Revolution in France.
1866
1866
1830
1801
3. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1883
1885
1823
1806
4. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1881
1854
1892
1820
5. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1845
1834
1843
1869
6. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1831
1876
1831
1884
7. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1886
1894
1890
8. The Pony Express started.
1860
1877
1867
1823
9. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1804
1839
1845
1809
10. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1816
1885
1846
1873
11. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1846
1826
1888
1856
12. Missouri Compromise
1820
1805
1805
March 18 - 1871
13. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1879
1848
1889
1899
14. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1849
1829
1839
15. Telegraphy patented.
1868
1825
1851
1837
16. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1859
1804
1884
1863
17. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1830
1868
1834
1875
18. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1804
1874
1884
1862
19. The Bront
1803
1820
1847
1893
20. Independence of Argentina
1895
1816
1805
1898
21. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1848
1869
1803
1831
22. Bah
1866
1899
1871
1863
23. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1869
1881
1885
1868
24. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1850
1871
1813
1877
25. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1871
1874
1801
26. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1890
1830
1871
1827
27. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1818
1831
1890
28. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1814
1807
1817
1842
29. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1877
1898
1848
1834
30. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1898
1814
1868
1887
31. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1844
1840
1875
32. 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.
1871
1804
1876
1865-April 9 - 1865
33. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1864
1896
1804
1844
34. Suez Canal is constructed.
1810s
1859
1861
1808
35. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1882
1895
1851
1878
36. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1876
1801
1829
1821
37. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1804
1879
1847
1868
38. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1817
1872
1848
39. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1897
1844
1848
1801
40. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1804-1813
1822
1850
1835
41. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1836
1830
1887
42. Aspirin patented.
1871
1889
1895
1881
43. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1809
1889
1870
1839
44. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1895
1846
1820
1828
45. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1856
1827
1882
1845
46. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1801
1892
1893
1825
47. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1881
1862
1855
1819
48. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1884
March 18 - 1871
1894
1890
49. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1839
1843
1858
1851
50. 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.
1866
1816
1836
1884