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19th Century Timeline
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1. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1839
1890
1850
1857
2. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1809
1814
1874
1868
3. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1871
1884
1831
1825
4. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1883
1865
1804-1813
1891
5. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1896
1877
1854
1804
6. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1822
1814
March 18 - 1871
1879
7. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1895
1898
1897
1842
8. First Republic in Spain.
1849
1874
1831
1896
9. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1817
1896
1895
1851
10. First isolation of aluminum.
1885
1825
1860
1848
11. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1825
1819
1816
1884
12. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1814
1825
1895
1819
13. Th
1867
1819
1804
1825
14. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1882
1898
1867
1888
15. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1826
1816
1861
1864
16. Missouri Compromise
1820
1851
1879
1863
17. First isolation of aluminum.
1877
1810
1881
1825
18. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1888
1808
1890
1839
19. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1816
1837
1889
20. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1821
1834
1896
1850
21. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1881
1863
1890
1820
22. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1801
1887
1808
23. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1846
1821
1863
1835
24. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1812
1886
1877
1887
25. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1814
1853
1877
1857
26. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1837
1877
1801
1804
27. Basketball is invented.
1830
1868
1892
1891
28. The Trumpet gets valves.
1887
1885
1810
1802
29. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1881
1839
1804
30. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1864
1821
1843
1810s
31. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1814
1884
1883
1818
32. First Republic in Spain.
1804
1834
1874
1872
33. Suez Canal is constructed.
1821
1868
1859
1835
34. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1834
1805
1808
1863
35. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1833
1876
1816
1874
36. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1825
1896
1883
1801
37. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1843
1831
1801
1814
38. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1816
1881
1896
1834
39. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1829
1825
1848
1895
40. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1844
1865
1815
1874
41. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1801
1876
1883
1890
42. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1863
1820
1875
1837
43. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1853
1820
1863
1862
44. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1890
1836
1866
1876
45. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1833
1885
1871
46. Navarino Massacre
1821
1870s-1890s
1874
1895
47. Wilhelm R
1890
1895
1848
1889
48. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1876
1847
1830
1891
49. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1815
1898
1836
1840
50. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1870s-1890s
1877
1886
1892