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19th Century Timeline
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1. First Republic in Spain.
1874
1872
1804
1888
2. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1845
1868
1804
1875
3. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1868
1838
1895
4. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1839
1890
1898
1837
5. 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
1896
1804
1830
6. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1873
1881
1844
1831
7. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1849
1837
1810
1896
8. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1896
1851
1822
1894
9. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1851
1839
1847
1836
10. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1805
1877
1831
1828
11. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1877
1803
1837
1889
12. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1815
1874
1804
13. Morphine first isolated.
1801
1860
1804
1889
14. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1889
1895
1864
1879
15. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1817
1825
1895
1801
16. The cardboard box is invented.
1890
1824
1874
1834
17. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1873
1890
1817
1876
18. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1850
1861
1866
19. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1873
1848
1889
1802
20. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1810
1867
1814
21. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1835
1889
1876
1837
22. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1896
1849
1862
1804
23. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1876
1850
1814
1884
24. Russo-Persian War.
1804-1813
1824
1830
1861
25. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1834
1884
1830
1831
26. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1831
1839
1837
1812
27. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1870
1845
1838
1881
28. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1863
1831
1891
1801
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.
1844
1831
1865-April 9 - 1865
1829
30. The Trumpet gets valves.
1889
1810
1821
1868
31. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1801
1867
1863
1844
32. 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.
1866
1867
1834
1812
33. The Decembrist revolt
1832
1825
1886
1839
34. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1819
1830
1804
1814
35. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1851
1878
1831
1804
36. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1848
1892
1860
1829
37. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1834
1801
1822
1896
38. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1848
1816
1854
1822
39. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1881
1835
1874
1890
40. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1844
1836
1866
1816
41. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1820
1887
1844
1801
42. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1826
1894
1885
1814
43. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1877
1885
1838
1819
44. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1898
1821
1837
1883
45. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1835
1897
1870s-1890s
46. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1825
1831
1838
1883
47. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1814
1873
1865
1801
48. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1847
1819
1885
49. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1895
1841
1889
1816
50. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1848
1889
1843
1801
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