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19th Century Timeline
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1. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1865-April 14 - 1865
1830
1897
2. The Decembrist revolt
1803
1825
1835
1846
3. Siege of Khartoum
1863
1884
1836
1894
4. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1897
1832
1839
1898
5. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1895
1891
1881
1820
6. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1870
1866
1837
1845
7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1804
1830
1865
1816
8. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1862
1881
1869
1883
9. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1839
1860
1856
1820
10. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1816
1871
1818
1868
11. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1853
1896
1881
1821
12. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1883
1825
1884
1896
13. 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).
1890
1810
1886
1851
14. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1874
1842
1815
1836
15. 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.
1813
1859
1865-April 14 - 1865
1848
16. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1845
1884
1820
1874
17. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1839
1841
1862
18. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1804
1848
1813
1876
19. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1804
1898
1835
1815
20. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1836
1821
1859
1820
21. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1863
1865-April 14 - 1865
1899
1873
22. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1824
1806
1882
1892
23. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1868
1801
1873
1845
24. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1862
1894
1886
1864
25. Dreyfuss Affair
1801
1894
1877
1849
26. Navarino Massacre
1855
1821
1881
1881
27. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1867
1839
1871
1883
28. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1817
1894
1845
1895
29. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1834
1863
1804
30. Navarino Massacre
1867
1884
1821
1858
31. Indian famine begins.
1899
1884
1877
1894
32. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1873
1801
1826
1889
33. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1898
1803
1817
1837
34. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1806-1812
1812
1897
1861
35. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1817
1850
1820
1839
36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1842
1881
1801
1814
37. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1884
1866
1862
1840
38. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1876
1895
1810
1883
39. Egyptian
1841
1831
1890
1893
40. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1876
1822
1893
1872
41. Independence of Argentina
1816
1893
1883
1805
42. Greco-Turkish War.
1840
1801
1897
1830
43. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1898
1868
1881
1805
44. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1846
1874
1801
45. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1820
1839
1805
46. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1804
1865
1814
1883
47. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1821
1894
1809
1898
48. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1849
1820
1899
1851
49. Th
1819
1815
1839
1837
50. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1834
1888
1801