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19th Century Timeline
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1. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1873
1879
1866
1810
2. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1881
1804-1813
1893
1838
3. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1881
1865-April 14 - 1865
1801
1833
4. Independence of Bolivia.
1825
1844
1831
1810
5. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1867
1804
1869
6. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1821
1892
1894
1801
7. Russo-Persian War.
1804-1813
1831
1839
1887
8. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1827
1854
1889
1804
9. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1881
1868
1861
1825
10. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1857
1830
1813
1898
11. Bah
1823
1874
1863
1870s-1890s
12. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1874
1804
1849
1803
13. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1898
1893
1825
1853
14. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1804
1816
1897
15. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1886
1863
1881
1892
16. First Anglo-Sikh War
1898
1887
1853
1845
17. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1884
1895
1887
1898
18. Famine in Finland.
1844
1839
1804
1866
19. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1827
1894
1808
1871
20. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1856
1829
1883
1831
21. First Republic in Spain.
1874
1882
1831
1812
22. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1801
1884
1826
1844
23. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1802
1880
1881
24. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1851
1805
1886
1825
25. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1804
1865-April 14 - 1865
1869
1874
26. Mormon migration to Utah.
1831
1898
1865
1846
27. World population reaches 1 billion.
1818
1804
1896
1886
28. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1821
1837
1898
1835
29. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1806
1830
1810s
1841
30. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1879
1819
1883
31. 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
1801
1843
1898
32. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1895
1898
1875
1851
33. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1871
1868
1839
1849
34. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1864
1894
1867
1863
35. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1863
1883
1825
1820
36. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1881
1816
1861
37. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1876
1860
1803
1845
38. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1896
1810s
1871
1806
39. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1843
1862
1826
1854
40. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851
1865-April 9 - 1865
1887
1816
41. Discovery of Antarctica
1842
1820
1816
March 18 - 1871
42. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1820
1871
1896
1843
43. 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).
1897
1886
1813
1810
44. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1838
1881
1829
1804
45. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1874
1864
1818
1829
46. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1808
1804
1805
1847
47. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1820
1812
1836
1847
48. Chilean Civil War.
1837
1897
1860
1891
49. TheFirst Boer War.
1834
1880
1810
1899
50. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1801
1831
1896
1818
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