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19th Century Timeline
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1. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1856
1805
1866
1887
2. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1828
1823
1897
1845
3. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1896
1878
1836
1825
4. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1895
1896
1857
1874
5. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1876
1804-1813
1893
6. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1837
1883
1862
1823
7. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1801
1863
1808
1837
8. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1846
1898
1849
1817
9. Discovery of Antarctica
1889
1812
1810
1820
10. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1884
1824
1895
1821
11. The New Zealand Land Wars
1801
1808
1845
1802
12. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1861
1888
1802
1837
13. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1804
1884
1867
1886
14. Famine in Finland.
1821
1804
1891
1866
15. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1871
1881
1821
1810s
16. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1862
1884
1891
17. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1804
1865
1844
1810
18. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1801
1860
1862
1822
19. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1886
1801
1890
20. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1867
1897
1847
1887
21. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1820
1864
1850
1861
22. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1876
1862
1888
1814
23. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1874
1869
1831
1837
24. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1813
1858
1884
1825
25. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1883
1894
1820
1839
26. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1839
1888
1871
1822
27. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1845
1810
1871
1801
28. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1812
1868
1885
1870s-1890s
29. World population reaches 1 billion.
March 18 - 1871
1863
1890
1804
30. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1896
1805
1851
1875
31. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1883
1834
1815
1877
32. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1879
1898
1848
1803
33. Suez Canal is constructed.
1817
1810
1859
1833
34. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1870
1836
1896
1889
35. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1801
1836
1878
36. Basketball is invented.
1872
1883
1888
1892
37. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1860
1820
1877
38. First isolation of aluminum.
1848
1860
1825
1851
39. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1816
1876
1873
1865
40. 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.
1802
1804
1865-April 14 - 1865
1878
41. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1865
1840
1830
March 18 - 1871
42. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1863
1892
1876
1804
43. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1871
1889
1844
44. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1805
1876
1890
1879
45. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1819
1836
1874
1834
46. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1873
1832
1860
1849
47. Greco-Turkish War.
1846
1843
1801
1897
48. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1886
1853
1803
1861
49. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1883
1851
1821
1818
50. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1860
1885
1883
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