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19th Century Timeline
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1. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1803
1879
1866
1825
2. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1877
1863
1817
1823
3. First isolation of aluminum.
1845
1877
1825
1867
4. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1840
1846
1804
5. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1879
1886
1849
1858
6. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1866
1878
1869
1882
7. Bah
1844
1876
1879
1863
8. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1818
1896
1825
1822
9. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1821
1890
1884
10. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1856
1881
1863
1806-1812
11. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1861
1865
1823
12. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1801
1879
1868
1895
13. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1850
1846
1884
1861
14. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1813
1868
1801
1817
15. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1835
1821
1813
1895
16. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1825
1804
1848
17. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1895
1879
1848
18. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1866
1839
1812
1860
19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1869
1882
1861
1862
20. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1852
1863
1820
1869
21. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1801
1834
1847
1832
22. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1836
1859
1841
1850
23. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1837
1810
1895
1889
24. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1898
1840
1873
1886
25. Independence of Bolivia.
1876
1803
1825
1889
26. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1889
1830
1807
1888
27. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1895
1865
1853
1818
28. Th
1854
1848
1819
1805
29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1817
1897
1829
1874
30. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1889
1891
1883
1804
31. Independence of Argentina
1816
1861
1821
1861
32. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1871
1844
1839
1838
33. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1871
1890
1825
1804
34. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1833
1827
1896
1830
35. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1820
1889
1819
1820
36. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1808
1840
1845
37. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1851
1848
1895
1844
38. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1831
1820
1874
39. 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.
1899
1870
1876
1819
40. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1896
1844
1842
1848
41. The Bront
1890
1857
1847
1845
42. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1849
1867
1885
1861
43. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1824
1879
1816
1859
44. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1883
1869
1883
1851
45. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1825
1829
1803
1852
46. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1830
1812
1897
1869
47. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1846
1812
1821
1805
48. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1894
1819
1881
1890
49. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1823
1829
1896
1834
50. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1822
1804-1813
1895
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