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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1886
1815
1803
1895
2. Telegraphy patented.
1816
1837
1894
1820
3. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1851
1810
1847
1877
4. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1805
1897
1895
1825
5. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1892
1876
1837
1856
6. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1829
1810
1819
7. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1895
1831
1876
1852
8. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1884
1821
1821
1848
9. 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).
1879
1810
1870
1812
10. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1839
1852
1847
11. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1889
1842
1894
1861
12. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1854
1896
1817
1881
13. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1802
1875
1863
1881
14. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1866
1877
1866
1849
15. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1872
1862
1888
1859
16. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1836
1810s
1852
1848
17. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1804
1826
1862
1890
18. France annexes Cambodia.
1843
1863
1848
1831
19. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1899
1814
1801
1888
20. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1875
1896
1872
1835
21. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1804
1839
1801
1816
22. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1845
1822
1840
1896
23. Independence of Luxembourg.
1818
1814
1890
March 18 - 1871
24. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1825
1839
1846
1858
25. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1879
1865
1844
26. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1801
1850
1829
1825
27. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1841
1844
1831
1839
28. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1843
1801
1873
1896
29. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1803
1865
1846
1869
30. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1874
1879
1849
1898
31. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1881
1844
1804-1813
1846
32. First isolation of aluminum.
1869
1825
1847
1886
33. Persian Prophet the B
1816
1844
1868
1898
34. Mormon migration to Utah.
1884
1846
1888
1807
35. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1864
1802
1898
1873
36. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1887
1881
1832
1803
37. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1816
1895
1830
38. Greco-Turkish War.
1877
1802
1895
1897
39. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1832
1894
1877
40. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1895
1861
1813
1803
41. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1825
1840
1818
1893
42. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1809
1898
1849
1886
43. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1886
1827
1863
1836
44. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1893
1855
1817
1867
45. Navarino Massacre
1845
1893
1844
1821
46. Canadian Confederation formed.
1894
1874
1848
1867
47. First section of the London Underground opens.
1894
1867
1863
1854
48. Suez Canal is constructed.
1866
1820
1879
1859
49. 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.
1897
1834
1826
1870
50. The Decembrist revolt
1804
1876
1836
1825