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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1889
1831
1869
1892
2. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1846
1804
1879
3. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1825
1877
1803
1856
4. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1815
1895
1820
1833
5. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1867
1826
1885
1865-April 14 - 1865
6. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1879
1848
1814
1825
7. World population reaches 1 billion.
1804
1839
1801
1819
8. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1889
1801
1888
1894
9. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1845
1802
1887
10. The Trumpet gets valves.
1835
1874
1810
1830
11. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1898
1896
1845
1889
12. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1885
1845
1803
1851
13. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1890
1801
1848
1867
14. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1874
1882
1871
1825
15. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1820
1866
1810
16. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1847
1839
1844
17. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1861
1834
1864
1853
18. Russo-Persian War.
1804-1813
1854
1821
1820
19. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1801
1890
1866
1816
20. The German Customs Union is formed.
1848
1871
1819
1834
21. The Bront
1816
1806-1812
1847
1829
22. Aspirin patented.
1830
1889
1879
1875
23. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1828
1816
1895
24. The Caste War of Yucat
1812
1888
1847
1886
25. The cardboard box is invented.
1890
1876
1889
1885
26. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1803
1804
1822
1869
27. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1820
1834
1895
1889
28. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1898
1871
1820
1857
29. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1817
1861
1804
1802
30. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1801
1874
1822
31. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1817
1836
1862
1825
32. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1884
1892
1805
1871
33. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1825
1804
1895
1815
34. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1876
1805
1867
1852
35. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1814
1831
1890
36. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1881
1817
1850
1801
37. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1870
1804
1832
1874
38. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1892
1803
1844
1888
39. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1825
1884
1839
1849
40. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1866
1873
1877
1859
41. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1896
1895
1829
1895
42. First section of the London Underground opens.
1874
1816
1875
1863
43. 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.
1898
1870
1865
1888
44. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1861
1805
1836
1801
45. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1823
1820
1895
1833
46. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1886
1820
1884
47. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1837
1883
1862
1886
48. First electric motor built.
1834
1835
1829
1863
49. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1830
1829
1876
1896
50. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1831
1829
1881
1837