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19th Century Timeline
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1. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1873
1821
1801
2. Wilhelm R
1838
1842
1810
1895
3. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1875
1859
1808
1883
4. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1828
1862
1890
1842
5. Dreyfuss Affair
1894
1806
1856
1879
6. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1869
1845
1822
1863
7. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1806
1883
1865
1823
8. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1876
1899
1834
1866
9. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1881
1897
1847
1804
10. Peterloo massacre in England.
1894
1808
1866
1819
11. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1888
1818
1853
1885
12. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1893
1844
1825
1805
13. The Trumpet gets valves.
1804
1850
1810
1863
14. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1812
1879
1854
1875
15. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1804
1813
1864
1830
16. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1892
1899
1830
1821
17. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1855
1844
1851
1872
18. Persian Prophet the B
1897
1844
1801
1863
19. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1836
1881
1820
1881
20. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1898
1895
1837
1884
21. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1897
1877
1802
1890
22. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1804
1869
1871
23. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1848
1877
1816
1812
24. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1804
1860
1893
1804
25. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1874
1874
1820
1808
26. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1846
1894
1895
1892
27. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1859
1863
1856
1892
28. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1888
1810
1881
1887
29. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1846
1866
1861
1831
30. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1846
1847
1861
1816
31. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1884
1813
1835
1803
32. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1877
1802
1881
1825
33. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1885
1863
1835
34. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1888
1876
1830
1869
35. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1869
1865-April 14 - 1865
1896
1821
36. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1873
1867
1886
1844
37. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1884
1868
1864
1836
38. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1815
1899
1884
1849
39. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1861
1845
1856
1849
40. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1813
1890
1820
1884
41. 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.
1889
1870
1865-April 14 - 1865
1841
42. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1896
1873
1884
1844
43. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1830
1886
1839
44. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1821
1894
1846
1871
45. The Bront
1851
1806
1856
1847
46. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1815
1831
1830
1881
47. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1876
1889
1875
1865-April 14 - 1865
48. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1879
1869
1804-1813
1819
49. World population reaches 1 billion.
1801
1805
1867
1804
50. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1835
1830
1894
1803