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19th Century Timeline
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1. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1809
1893
1803
1806
2. Navarino Massacre
1871
1803
1821
1806-1812
3. 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.
1817
1805
1876
1855
4. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1836
1876
1826
1867
5. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1877
1851
1862
1823
6. Independence of Luxembourg.
1802
1890
1815
1891
7. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1892
1810
1806
1830
8. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1824
1877
1812
1892
9. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1844
1874
1869
1805
10. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1804
1861
1803
1896
11. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1813
1871
1879
12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1848
1837
1840
1892
13. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1831
1817
1890
1801
14. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1851
1892
1893
1808
15. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1865
1804
1892
1820
16. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1837
1876
1895
1881
17. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1826
1848
1801
1839
18. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1842
1885
1845
1844
19. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1887
1844
1886
1864
20. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1883
1804
1854
1885
21. Slavery banned in Brazil.
March 18 - 1871
1895
1821
1888
22. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1836
1868
1825
1898
23. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1825
1895
1837
1810
24. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1892
1806-1812
1816
1894
25. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1801
1897
1870s-1890s
26. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1876
1866
1841
1820
27. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1836
1817
1866
1821
28. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1844
1835
1808
1885
29. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1810
1873
1850
1889
30. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1816
1843
1899
1896
31. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1842
1885
1856
1803
32. Chilean Civil War.
1848
1815
1891
1893
33. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1844
1876
1885
1889
34. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1867
1865-April 9 - 1865
1816
1806
35. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1833
1825
1881
1873
36. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1817
1865
1830
1844
37. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1868
1844
1894
1867
38. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1895
1885
1831
1816
39. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1842
1806
1825
1861
40. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1803
1889
1814
1812
41. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1830
1888
1865
1803
42. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1860
1886
1801
43. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1860
1861
1818
1891
44. First isolation of aluminum.
1865-April 9 - 1865
March 18 - 1871
1898
1825
45. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1861
1804
1848
1801
46. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1889
1801
1817
1897
47. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1801
1810
1896
1880
48. TheFirst Boer War.
1885
1880
1877
1818
49. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1877
1867
1803
1810
50. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1882
1874
1838
1837