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19th Century Timeline
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1. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1869
1823
1860
1884
2. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1826
1898
1843
1862
3. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1818
1863
1878
1834
4. Independence of Bolivia.
1899
1825
1840
1832
5. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1898
1808
1879
1896
6. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1876
1816
March 18 - 1871
1801
7. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1801
1840
1885
1881
8. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1896
1839
1804
1810
9. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1850
1894
1836
1881
10. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1801
1856
1849
1801
11. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1816
1877
1883
1873
12. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1849
1812
1895
1889
13. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1815
1897
1805
1880
14. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1883
1845
1896
1838
15. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1839
1864
1829
1847
16. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1825
1883
1890
1877
17. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1892
1833
1868
1838
18. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1850
1846
1886
1863
19. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1861
1898
1893
1875
20. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1862
1874
1816
1863
21. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1837
1886
1866
1831
22. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1888
1802
1869
1833
23. Egyptian
1831
1876
1854
1877
24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1849
1896
1863
1874
25. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1894
1844
1830
1889
26. The Caste War of Yucat
1867
1836
1847
1899
27. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1839
1870s-1890s
1803
1866
28. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1850
1862
1869
1889
29. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1819
1883
1813
1857
30. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1866
1849
1879
31. 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.
1807
1865-April 14 - 1865
1897
1845
32. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1897
1877
1850
1866
33. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1883
1853
1851
1844
34. First gramophone record
1825
1850
1825
1894
35. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1883
1897
1861
1862
36. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1801
1804
1881
1846
37. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1868
1815
1871
1821
38. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1893
1801
1844
1884
39. The cardboard box is invented.
1883
1880
1821
1890
40. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1808
1801
1821
1871
41. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1837
1824
1849
1865
42. California Gold Rush
1866
1848
1831
1892
43. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1894
1877
1804
1807
44. Bah
1863
1848
1867
1826
45. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1883
1860
1876
1820
46. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1879
1825
1880
1892
47. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1803
1841
1871
1864
48. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1889
1845
1831
1862
49. Bah
1875
1837
1872
1863
50. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1885
1889
1858
1873