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19th Century Timeline
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1. Canadian Confederation formed.
1852
1867
1849
1871
2. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1820
1842
1837
1810
3. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1803
1801
1866
1899
4. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1890
1893
1895
1810
5. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1894
1817
1803
1801
6. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1801
1884
1823
1837
7. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
March 18 - 1871
1895
1825
1817
8. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1871
1863
1898
1842
9. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1876
1845
1845
1807
10. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1801
1866
1884
1804
11. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1856
1860
1890
12. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1869
1842
1810
13. Greco-Turkish War.
1876
1897
1833
1874
14. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1830
1889
1831
15. First gramophone record
1894
1887
1891
1864
16. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1824
1883
1839
1830
17. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1854
1866
1874
1876
18. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1884
1892
1801
1831
19. Wilhelm R
1892
1836
1871
1895
20. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1892
1804
1849
1803
21. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1881
1863
1890
1894
22. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1845
1866
1881
1899
23. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1825
1849
1810s
1835
24. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1899
1816
1830
1823
25. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1816
1821
1824
1845
26. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1881
1892
1863
1894
27. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1876
1808
1865-April 9 - 1865
1848
28. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1889
1879
1898
1895
29. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1862
1893
1844
1881
30. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1896
1843
1898
1886
31. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1897
1894
1870
32. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1802
1852
1862
33. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1826
1888
1804
34. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1895
1834
1872
1870s-1890s
35. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1895
1804
1877
36. Wilhelm R
1817
1801
1887
1895
37. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1857
1863
1897
1871
38. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1831
1801
1816
1837
39. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1835
1870
1877
1839
40. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1836
1898
1842
1805
41. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1802
1801
1810s
42. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1804
1831
1834
1817
43. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1858
1802
1817
1856
44. 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.
1805
1897
1834
1847
45. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
March 18 - 1871
1836
1824
1834
46. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1834
1846
1861
47. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1863
1878
1864
1847
48. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1856
1871
1864
1809
49. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1898
1844
1833
1865-April 14 - 1865
50. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1826
1894
1860
1879