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19th Century Timeline
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1. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1846
1804
1875
1861
2. The New Zealand Land Wars
1845
1858
1802
1843
3. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1863
1834
1888
1816
4. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1863
1810
1876
1867
5. Th
1865
1892
1862
1819
6. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1871
1833
1888
1898
7. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1846
1896
1802
1813
8. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1864
1853
1856
1864
9. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1891
1831
1834
1896
10. Independence of Chile
1819
1818
1817
1874
11. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1874
1863
1895
1807
12. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1890
1814
1814
1883
13. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1801
1899
1889
14. Basketball is invented.
1837
1892
1871
1869
15. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1808
1898
1846
1817
16. The cardboard box is invented.
1814
1890
1840
1829
17. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1854
1805
1871
18. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1863
1873
1859
1823
19. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1814
1873
1889
1804-1813
20. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1831
1889
1867
1879
21. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1809
1806-1812
1845
1825
22. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1892
1867
1819
1801
23. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1816
1849
1896
1845
24. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1855
1845
1830
1898
25. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1866
1820
1814
1877
26. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1889
1848
1874
27. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1855
1819
1868
28. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1863
1836
1830
1825
29. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1892
1845
1887
1879
30. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1849
1896
1886
1830
31. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1881
1862
1871
1830
32. The Pony Express ended.
1862
1863
1851
1805
33. World population reaches 1 billion.
1804
1871
1898
1862
34. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1888
1859
1837
1831
35. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1898
1809
1870s-1890s
36. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1881
1895
1882
1872
37. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1892
1830
1803
1821
38. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1801
1808
1877
1894
39. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1850
1893
1813
40. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1869
1815
1845
1804
41. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1805
1861
1806-1812
42. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1825
1881
1895
1802
43. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1844
1892
1869
1825
44. The Bront
1882
1847
1808
1801
45. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1819
1805
1889
1895
46. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1825
1834
1831
1820
47. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1803
1896
1834
1864
48. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1899
1843
1876
1845
49. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1833
1879
1890
50. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1868
1852
1866
1850