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19th Century Timeline
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1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1896
1877
1868
1887
2. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1825
1890
1834
1823
3. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1844
1818
1876
1845
4. Telegraphy patented.
1804
1837
1865-April 9 - 1865
1833
5. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1826
1837
1801
1892
6. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1892
1833
1890
7. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1833
1817
1815
8. Cairo falls to the British.
1836
1861
1801
1858
9. World population reaches 1 billion.
1831
1804
1820
1874
10. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1804
1814
1871
1821
11. Bah
1831
1863
1829
1809
12. California Gold Rush
1858
1825
1848
1804-1813
13. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1805
1856
1874
1876
14. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1834
1881
1835
1805
15. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1873
1868
1825
16. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1805
1881
1805
1837
17. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1875
1894
1884
1802
18. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1849
1854
1865
1830
19. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1805
1872
1823
1845
20. The Communist Manifesto published.
1889
1860
1847
1848
21. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1885
1865-April 14 - 1865
1881
1801
22. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1813
1881
1805
1875
23. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1808
1892
1888
1898
24. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1814
1868
1867
1817
25. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1803
1890
1863
1876
26. Famine in Finland.
1866
1819
1833
1886
27. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1816
1831
1814
1896
28. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1881
1846
1895
1814
29. 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.
1835
1865-April 9 - 1865
1889
1860
30. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1890
1868
1892
1820
31. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1820
1821
1804
1877
32. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1801
1866
1898
1883
33. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1817
1892
1868
1854
34. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1889
1869
1874
1806
35. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1803
1863
1863
1851
36. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1866
1804
1805
1817
37. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1832
1895
1889
38. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1829
1863
1815
1807
39. Discovery of Antarctica
1869
1860
March 18 - 1871
1820
40. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1829
1831
1834
1851
41. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1810
1890
1881
1834
42. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1881
1861
1822
1867
43. The Communist Manifesto published.
1848
1828
1805
1830
44. The cardboard box is invented.
1893
1873
1839
1890
45. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1844
1862
1801
1804
46. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1812
1868
1886
1863
47. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1895
1828
1815
1893
48. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1816
1847
1805
49. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1877
1895
1890
1897
50. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1806
1879
1886
1885