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19th Century Timeline
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1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1803
1829
1845
1838
2. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1888
1816
1893
1817
3. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1807
1836
1844
1801
4. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1890
1821
1848
1804
5. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1813
1837
1898
1861
6. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1848
1885
1810
1876
7. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1886
1843
1889
1842
8. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1831
1886
1850
9. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1825
1889
1815
1858
10. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1831
1876
1882
1872
11. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1830
1820
1831
1869
12. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1876
1896
1826
1837
13. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1854
1898
1820
14. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1813
1883
1854
1864
15. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1846
1818
1843
1851
16. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1896
1834
1887
1890
17. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1834
1835
1896
1880
18. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1821
1888
1830
1898
19. Independence of Chile
1817
1818
1863
1888
20. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1896
1834
1843
1875
21. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1806-1812
1844
1873
22. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1821
1867
1884
1861
23. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1848
1847
1839
1808
24. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1854
1881
1879
March 18 - 1871
25. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1863
1875
1896
26. The cardboard box is invented.
1890
1835
1844
1844
27. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1875
1846
1876
28. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1853
1829
1842
1822
29. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1877
1855
1868
1874
30. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1864
1873
1872
31. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1886
1836
1842
1893
32. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1816
1899
1802
1808
33. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1856
1862
1860
1848
34. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1866
1846
1847
1881
35. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1851
1896
1822
1889
36. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1838
1894
1801
1869
37. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1802
1817
1842
1895
38. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1884
1812
1861
1842
39. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1831
1848
1898
1892
40. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1870
1868
1897
1888
41. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1897
1899
1806
1895
42. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1873
1866
1856
1831
43. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1820
1837
1879
1805
44. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1854
1804
1851
1892
45. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1863
1817
1804
1893
46. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1844
1877
1871
1888
47. The New Zealand Land Wars
1801
1821
1845
1804
48. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1884
1827
1892
1832
49. Missouri Compromise
1820
1843
1865-April 9 - 1865
1813
50. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1815
1875
1846
1838