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19th Century Timeline
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1. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812
1894
1830
1894
2. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1848
1894
1893
1856
3. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1876
1803
1801
1890
4. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1871
1895
1868
5. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1840
1878
1886
1843
6. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1892
1868
1805
1822
7. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1845
1860
1850
1816
8. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1804
1816
1847
1865
9. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1847
1856
1848
1836
10. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1812
1804
1866
1886
11. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1883
1827
1874
1898
12. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1840
1869
1801
1805
13. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1847
1861
1888
1815
14. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1843
1817
1876
1869
15. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1863
1894
1822
1801
16. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1837
1874
1831
1898
17. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1837
1837
1804
1849
18. First gramophone record
1894
1874
1830
1889
19. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1839
1871
1804-1813
1814
20. First electric motor built.
1801
1829
1828
1812
21. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1875
1866
1869
22. The Pony Express started.
1884
1829
1881
1860
23. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1844
1893
1896
1886
24. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1804
1862
1869
1801
25. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1844
1844
1897
1831
26. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1889
1868
1803
1831
27. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1889
1808
1807
1823
28. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1831
1878
1885
1869
29. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1896
1889
1866
1822
30. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1896
1873
1851
1877
31. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1842
1890
1834
1876
32. Independence of Bolivia.
1825
1836
1892
1840
33. Dreyfuss Affair
1834
1868
1894
1801
34. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1844
1814
1817
1894
35. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1830
1804
1808
1814
36. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1839
1836
1890
1889
37. Uruguayan Civil War
1803
1839
1888
1889
38. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1880
1835
1894
1886
39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1827
1894
1881
40. Missouri Compromise
1884
1823
1898
1820
41. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1890
1892
1884
42. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1856
1837
1898
1841
43. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1879
1843
1805
1861
44. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1868
1808
1834
1866
45. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1895
1868
1889
1813
46. 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.
1842
1870
1831
1876
47. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1837
1854
1854
48. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1877
1862
1872
49. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1863
1833
1815
1871
50. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1863
1822
1848
1818