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19th Century Timeline
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1. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1858
1825
1873
1820
2. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1822
1820
1890
1829
3. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1845
1869
1801
1862
4. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1860
1843
1823
1844
5. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1871
1808
1885
1868
6. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1874
1860
1834
7. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1804
1897
1842
1873
8. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1837
1821
1878
9. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1824
1885
1888
1879
10. Morphine first isolated.
1810
1820
1821
1804
11. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1801
1896
1841
12. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1839
1843
1886
13. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1842
March 18 - 1871
1863
1876
14. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1837
1877
1818
1801
15. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1893
1885
1889
1881
16. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1826
1853
1898
1872
17. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1833
1816
1877
1848
18. Egyptian
1831
1872
1804
1861
19. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1833
1877
1871
1804
20. First gramophone record
1836
1876
1894
1876
21. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1804
1895
1846
1867
22. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1801
1842
1820
1894
23. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1863
1853
1866
24. World population reaches 1 billion.
1804
1883
1833
1851
25. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1830
1826
1840
1823
26. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1859
1871
1864
1844
27. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1851
1848
1892
1892
28. The New Zealand Land Wars
1819
1804
1877
1845
29. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1831
1890
1866
30. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1819
1849
1867
1898
31. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1865
1866
1874
1871
32. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1873
1814
1801
1897
33. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1801
1896
1876
1808
34. Independence of Argentina
1868
1865
1834
1816
35. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1883
1890
1898
1835
36. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1871
1818
1864
1833
37. 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.
1821
1859
1805
1897
38. Peterloo massacre in England.
1888
1819
1808
1852
39. Siege of Khartoum
1884
1819
1817
1898
40. The cardboard box is invented.
1890
1819
1896
1805
41. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1898
1858
1868
1869
42. 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.
1835
1889
1865-April 14 - 1865
1871
43. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1829
1883
1825
1895
44. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1808
1825
1830
1879
45. Dreyfuss Affair
1894
1803
1804
1884
46. Wilhelm R
1866
1812
1895
1898
47. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1853
1894
1864
1845
48. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1848
1865
1860
1890
49. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1819
1803
1871
1899
50. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1817
1810
1860
1816
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