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19th Century Timeline
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1. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1803
1804
1826
1843
2. Independence of Luxembourg.
1824
1825
1890
1803
3. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1884
1898
1829
1849
4. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1822
1877
1831
1882
5. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861
1838
1825
1882
6. 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.
1891
1843
1836
1876
7. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1866
1833
1876
1894
8. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1861
1892
1899
1843
9. Independence of Argentina
1871
1816
1837
1825
10. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1802
1891
1893
1866
11. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1836
1827
March 18 - 1871
1898
12. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1810
1816
1814
1828
13. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1874
1825
1804
14. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1841
1810
1897
1831
15. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1806
1886
1827
1849
16. Indian famine begins.
1888
1876
1899
1883
17. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1863
1809
1836
1893
18. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1837
1828
1895
19. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1886
1879
1889
1865
20. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1831
1877
1857
21. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1801
1825
1859
1818
22. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1807
1801
1877
1824
23. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1845
1840
1898
1887
24. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1845
1850
1809
1802
25. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1835
1880
1854
1817
26. Independence of Bolivia.
1843
1825
1887
1803
27. Dreyfuss Affair
1823
1894
1845
1803
28. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1808
1864
1804
1820
29. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1877
1850
1848
1830
30. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1838
1804
1834
1871
31. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1816
March 18 - 1871
1801
1867
32. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1844
1895
1842
1804
33. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1852
1845
1849
1827
34. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1887
1894
1892
1862
35. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1867
1828
1897
1805
36. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1858
1884
1820
1805
37. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1821
1804
1877
38. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1886
1896
1817
1815
39. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1842
1876
1874
1898
40. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1819
1813
1854
1892
41. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1879
1830
1890
1869
42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1879
1852
1847
1893
43. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1891
1865-April 14 - 1865
1881
44. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1826
1886
1837
1845
45. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1830
1879
1834
1874
46. Independence of Chile
1808
1801
1818
1816
47. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1897
1818
1874
1868
48. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1888
1804
1899
49. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1849
1868
1867
1817
50. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1838
1894
1833
1859
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