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19th Century Timeline
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1. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1867
1848
1813
1812
2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1898
1829
1876
1896
3. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1820
1825
1837
1836
4. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1894
1821
1837
1804
5. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1803
1873
1899
1820
6. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1825
1886
1865-April 9 - 1865
1810
7. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1846
1868
1814
1895
8. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1856
1879
1812
1826
9. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1860
1804
1885
1837
10. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1893
1839
1825
1850
11. The German Customs Union is formed.
1848
1893
1834
1804
12. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1890
1812
1871
1867
13. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1854
1897
1885
1874
14. 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
1825
1816
1816
1803
15. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1886
1842
1827
1829
16. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1898
1810s
1866
1871
17. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1876
1802
1893
1812
18. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1801
1803
1868
1821
19. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1894
1844
1808
1866
20. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1839
1883
1804
21. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1896
1876
1889
1847
22. Independence of Chile
1895
1841
1863
1818
23. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1897
1877
1808
1851
24. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1894
1829
1893
1878
25. 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.
1848
1892
1829
1829
26. The Trumpet gets valves.
1896
1815
1866
1810
27. July Revolution in France.
1895
1863
1830
1832
28. First section of the London Underground opens.
1877
1863
1839
1888
29. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1819
1825
1869
30. 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.
1870
1884
1801
1868
31. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1875
1865-April 14 - 1865
1812
1892
32. Missouri Compromise
1808
1820
1877
1869
33. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1896
1854
1892
1837
34. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1886
1898
1887
1829
35. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1881
1801
1848
1898
36. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1822
1867
1873
1845
37. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1810
1868
1859
1820
38. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1884
1804
1821
1817
39. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1865
1832
1835
1838
40. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1831
1865-April 14 - 1865
1804
1887
41. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1844
1866
1886
42. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1883
1847
1808
1880
43. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1828
1890
1870s-1890s
1874
44. Th
1870s-1890s
1819
1869
1890
45. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1823
1877
1831
1871
46. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1836
1806
1816
1872
47. First Republic in Spain.
1830
1874
1885
1869
48. 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).
1810
1861
1816
1869
49. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1886
1857
1805
1884
50. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1876
1865
1804
1812