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19th Century Timeline
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1. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1825
1845
1817
1848
2. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1864
1831
1847
1832
3. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1885
1898
1820
1849
4. Famine in Finland.
1820
1885
1866
1883
5. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1816
1819
1859
1879
6. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1849
1820
1831
7. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1847
1814
1862
1886
8. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1810
1894
1821
1862
9. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1883
1873
1822
1808
10. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1844
1857
1864
1866
11. TheFirst Boer War.
1878
1890
1880
1889
12. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1878
1817
1806
1890
13. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1884
1806
1866
1875
14. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1829
1833
1890
15. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1821
1883
1866
1889
16. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1806
1844
1876
1809
17. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1814
1858
1837
1866
18. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1820
1889
1821
1801
19. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1896
1829
1848
1898
20. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1875
1861
1896
1868
21. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1896
1841
1889
1803
22. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1847
1867
1896
1801
23. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1872
1874
1876
1881
24. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1821
1866
1804
1810s
25. Basketball is invented.
1890
1803
1892
1844
26. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1845
1851
1804
1801
27. Independence of Argentina
1877
1879
1814
1816
28. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1842
1852
1879
1844
29. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1876
1830
1849
1814
30. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1856
1898
1825
1892
31. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1868
1892
1806
32. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1889
1817
1830
1816
33. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1804
1891
1844
1804
34. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1894
1894
1895
1820
35. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1833
1889
1844
1837
36. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1839
1810
1869
1859
37. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1856
1865
1834
1871
38. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1879
1810s
1821
1883
39. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1874
1812
1868
40. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1818
1854
1893
41. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1873
1810
1857
1877
42. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1839
1868
1886
1892
43. The Bront
1808
1894
1847
1873
44. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1805
1884
1844
1865-April 14 - 1865
45. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1804
1808
1892
46. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1849
1825
1860
1839
47. Peterloo massacre in England.
1825
1881
1870s-1890s
1819
48. Morphine first isolated.
1898
1824
1819
1804
49. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1874
1810s
1842
1832
50. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1888
1885
1817
1827