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19th Century Timeline
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1. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1806
1871
1873
1839
2. Suez Canal is constructed.
1869
1859
1804
1885
3. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1887
1895
1851
1897
4. Th
1877
1839
1819
1817
5. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1859
1896
1804
6. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1841
1801
1837
1871
7. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1859
1864
1877
1845
8. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1817
1849
1874
9. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1837
1898
1872
1817
10. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1832
1895
1801
1836
11. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1877
1808
1889
1886
12. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1835
1825
1888
1834
13. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1896
1850
1830
1894
14. Peterloo massacre in England.
1803
1860
1819
1883
15. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1825
1896
1822
1849
16. Chilean Civil War.
1820
1874
1891
1857
17. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1862
1846
1841
1816
18. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1847
1850
1842
1806
19. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1803
1812
1895
1884
20. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1826
1823
1825
1895
21. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1896
1863
1870s-1890s
1814
22. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1846
1872
1806-1812
1899
23. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1884
1817
1849
1849
24. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1836
1890
1865
1868
25. Dreyfuss Affair
1894
1821
1877
1878
26. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1862
1898
1834
1890
27. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1881
1808
1810
1855
28. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1837
1839
1870s-1890s
1813
29. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1892
1828
1825
1803
30. Siege of Khartoum
1884
1819
1877
1894
31. The Decembrist revolt
1888
1825
1872
1858
32. Chilean Civil War.
1880
1874
1819
1891
33. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1896
1881
1833
1840
34. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1862
1813
1881
1803
35. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1874
1849
1813
36. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1897
1813
1885
1894
37. The German Customs Union is formed.
1876
1836
1848
1834
38. Independence of Argentina
1896
1816
1865
1838
39. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1891
1878
1870
40. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1895
1886
1822
1838
41. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1861
1834
1890
1865
42. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1876
1895
1815
1843
43. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1861
1831
1810
44. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1861
1895
1895
1893
45. TheFirst Boer War.
1829
1874
1804
1880
46. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1868
1875
1823
1860
47. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1847
1814
1881
1883
48. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1888
1847
1883
49. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1837
1898
1825
1865
50. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1816
1808
1898
1801