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19th Century Timeline
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1. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1836
1861
1895
1830
2. Cairo falls to the British.
1801
1866
1888
1869
3. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1804
1876
1879
1839
4. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1849
1876
1863
1895
5. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1839
1832
1812
1847
6. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1863
1844
1877
1808
7. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1863
1848
1847
1876
8. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1848
1895
1896
9. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1849
1859
1832
1875
10. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1895
1871
1830
1815
11. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1862
1896
1879
1876
12. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1894
1862
1866
13. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1898
1870
1814
1829
14. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1895
1871
1888
1896
15. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1810
1867
1871
1819
16. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1875
1802
1893
1876
17. Dreyfuss Affair
1854
1894
1834
1804
18. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1881
1821
1850
19. Persian Prophet the B
1870s-1890s
1844
1842
1897
20. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1805
1879
1848
1897
21. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1889
1895
1806-1812
1865
22. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1889
1884
1833
1892
23. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1839
1883
1887
1890
24. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1862
1872
1846
1865-April 9 - 1865
25. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1889
1876
1838
1893
26. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1826
1890
1837
1851
27. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1864
1870s-1890s
1897
1828
28. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1849
1896
1831
1820
29. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1868
1839
1885
1885
30. Aspirin patented.
1851
1827
1810s
1889
31. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1895
1894
1865-April 9 - 1865
1837
32. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1843
1830
1854
1831
33. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1886
1879
1874
1837
34. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1806-1812
1829
1869
1852
35. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1855
1817
1803
1896
36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1819
1820
1879
1814
37. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1883
1896
1894
1871
38. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1830
1840
1848
1886
39. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1889
1820
1806-1812
1829
40. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1889
1890
1815
41. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1893
1886
1812
1864
42. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1810
1820
1825
1867
43. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1879
1867
1863
1804
44. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1810
1873
1839
1892
45. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1804
1842
1862
1864
46. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1863
1849
1805
March 18 - 1871
47. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1830
1844
1860
1804
48. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1879
1846
1895
49. First electric motor built.
1801
1886
1834
1829
50. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1808
1892
1865-April 9 - 1865
1887