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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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).
1865
1863
1855
1810
2. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1887
1801
1834
1840
3. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1845
1830
1877
1892
4. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1865-April 9 - 1865
1846
1842
5. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1880
1801
1817
1895
6. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1853
1842
1828
1872
7. Th
1867
1844
1889
1819
8. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1828
1840
1854
1894
9. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1833
1830
1849
1839
10. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1864
1822
1895
1877
11. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1850
1839
1889
1853
12. 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.
1819
1860
1848
1896
13. Mormon migration to Utah.
1877
1846
1876
1825
14. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1813
1801
1887
1806
15. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1851
1883
1831
1849
16. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1828
1886
1810s
1898
17. California Gold Rush
1884
1848
1833
1843
18. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1833
1863
1845
1837
19. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867
1874
1876
1825
20. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1889
1829
1884
21. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1862
1886
1884
1821
22. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1825
1892
1804
1884
23. 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.
1803
1820
1833
1848
24. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1873
1878
1801
1816
25. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1881
1821
1874
1840
26. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1835
1836
1846
1801
27. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1876
1865
1833
1816
28. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1854
1831
1843
1876
29. 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.
1897
1897
1865-April 9 - 1865
1837
30. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1801
1871
1801
1831
31. Aspirin patented.
1802
1889
1890
1878
32. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1863
1849
1829
1802
33. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1896
1874
1814
1895
34. Russo-Persian War.
1821
1820
1850
1804-1813
35. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1848
1868
1865-April 9 - 1865
March 18 - 1871
36. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1877
1872
1858
1842
37. Th
1801
1818
1819
1826
38. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1812
1804
1840
1834
39. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1833
1839
1804
40. The Communist Manifesto published.
1803
1848
1893
1893
41. First Anglo-Sikh War
1826
1845
1830
1816
42. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1893
1846
1802
43. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1858
1843
1877
1832
44. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1891
1822
1861
45. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1882
1845
1869
1804-1813
46. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1806
1830
1821
1820
47. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1890
1895
1890
48. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1851
1805
1856
1807
49. The Pony Express ended.
1821
1862
1844
1885
50. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1854
1889
1821
1877