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19th Century Timeline
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1. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1817
1826
1816
1854
2. Volleyball is invented
1814
1892
1836
1895
3. Volleyball is invented
1895
1815
1887
1806
4. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1827
1868
1851
1830
5. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1896
1896
1872
1804
6. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1896
1828
1854
1806
7. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1820
1872
1831
1879
8. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851
1816
1888
1886
9. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1831
1879
1886
1816
10. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1820
1825
1851
1861
11. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1894
1819
1848
1803
12. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1809
1892
1801
1886
13. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1829
1873
1807
1810s
14. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1837
1804
1890
1815
15. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1831
1883
1814
1860
16. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1884
1801
1892
1895
17. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1844
1895
1879
1851
18. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1898
1890
1889
1836
19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861
1898
1886
1889
20. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1817
1899
1806-1812
1895
21. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1855
1815
1867
1849
22. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1825
1876
1820
1881
23. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1898
1899
1830
1876
24. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1810
1804
1897
25. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1863
1831
1844
1890
26. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1876
1875
1801
1892
27. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1881
1890
1833
1805
28. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1816
1854
1835
1894
29. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1895
1885
1895
1877
30. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1872
1803
1815
1839
31. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1817
1842
1845
1847
32. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1806
March 18 - 1871
1896
1896
33. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1822
1825
1877
1868
34. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1874
1810
1803
1894
35. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1862
1804
1898
1890
36. Missouri Compromise
1862
1820
1863
1845
37. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1874
1808
1854
1846
38. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1862
1834
1815
39. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1807
1833
1825
1828
40. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1897
1884
1876
1879
41. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1843
March 18 - 1871
1839
1874
42. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1803
1804
1810
1816
43. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1820
1890
1889
1894
44. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1895
1891
1887
1812
45. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1838
1854
1882
1829
46. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1883
1801
1877
1848
47. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1823
1883
1895
1898
48. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1856
1820
1867
1809
49. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1820
1810
1820
50. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1855
1876
1832
1818