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19th Century Timeline
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1. Independence of Luxembourg.
1839
1833
1890
1848
2. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1851
1850
1891
1874
3. California Gold Rush
1830
1848
1855
1868
4. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1898
1874
1801
1875
5. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1803
1815
1820
1839
6. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1844
1803
1875
1890
7. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1816
1801
1804
1808
8. 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.
1898
1840
1836
1858
9. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1866
1820
1861
1804
10. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1863
1881
1896
1889
11. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1814
1816
1821
12. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1860
1804
1893
1851
13. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1889
1896
1887
1872
14. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1851
1884
1823
1829
15. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1853
1874
1801
16. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1895
1816
1851
1873
17. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1883
1872
1886
1877
18. Russo-Persian War.
1804-1813
1843
1828
1881
19. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1877
1842
1869
1834
20. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1802
1856
1825
1803
21. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1847
1865-April 9 - 1865
1840
1879
22. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1853
1877
1801
1883
23. Greco-Turkish War.
1802
1897
1884
1871
24. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1820
1816
1823
25. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1883
1839
1851
26. The Bront
1818
1847
1845
1859
27. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1858
1814
1823
1840
28. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1894
1889
1875
1801
29. Dreyfuss Affair
1863
1861
1873
1894
30. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1815
1877
1808
1892
31. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1806-1812
1831
1872
1814
32. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1819
1825
1816
1890
33. The Bront
1847
1842
1838
1894
34. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1893
1855
1877
1854
35. Greco-Turkish War.
1848
1849
1897
1886
36. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1814
1865
1885
1879
37. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1804
1830
1871
1889
38. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1870
1831
1822
1826
39. Missouri Compromise
1865-April 14 - 1865
1883
1820
1859
40. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867
1874
1870
1848
41. California Gold Rush
1881
1851
1848
1881
42. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1877
1804
1890
1837
43. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1894
1894
1835
1865-April 14 - 1865
44. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1833
1874
1801
1801
45. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1854
1802
1859
1842
46. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1849
1848
1873
1801
47. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1846
1803
1865
1867
48. The Pony Express ended.
1856
1804
1851
1862
49. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1898
1804
1844
1880
50. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1866
1899
1889
1804