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19th Century Timeline
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1. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1885
1856
1833
1895
2. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1884
1801
1889
1801
3. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1831
1890
1895
1844
4. Uruguayan Civil War
1886
1863
1866
1839
5. Navarino Massacre
1821
1869
1845
1818
6. The Bront
1898
1896
1881
1847
7. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1851
1874
1803
1836
8. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1833
1868
1823
1843
9. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1895
1877
1831
1804
10. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1858
1854
1848
1876
11. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1838
1894
1810
1884
12. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1884
1863
1876
1866
13. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1844
1890
1845
1886
14. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1867
1894
1888
1865
15. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1825
1814
1825
1876
16. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1865
1815
1845
17. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1883
1881
1879
1834
18. California Gold Rush
1820
1889
1834
1848
19. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1895
1849
1895
1808
20. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1816
1895
1873
1880
21. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1851
1876
1881
1866
22. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1895
1829
1874
1851
23. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1877
1896
1808
1823
24. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1831
1898
1874
1819
25. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1889
1843
1806
26. Navarino Massacre
1836
1890
1863
1821
27. The Pony Express started.
1839
1860
1896
1862
28. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1867
1881
1884
1888
29. Missouri Compromise
1801
1892
1820
1829
30. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1879
1837
1834
1877
31. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1889
1839
1887
32. TheFirst Boer War.
1881
1880
1889
1814
33. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1898
1854
1859
1859
34. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1880
1816
1886
1890
35. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1866
1804
1896
36. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1890
1805
1851
37. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1830
1877
1892
38. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1809
1896
1801
1895
39. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1851
1868
1860
1876
40. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1803
1893
1854
1896
41. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1889
1845
1850
42. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1877
1830
1801
1876
43. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1833
1883
1893
1890
44. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1881
1863
1883
1815
45. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1849
1831
1877
1825
46. First isolation of aluminum.
1847
1844
1869
1825
47. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1882
1845
1848
1881
48. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1863
1869
1859
1826
49. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1817
1876
1845
1821
50. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1883
1892
1820
1812
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