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19th Century Timeline
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1. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1801
1876
1877
1872
2. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1805
1881
1835
1868
3. TheFirst Boer War.
1816
1880
1886
1814
4. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1867
1810
1894
1848
5. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1848
1844
1870s-1890s
1814
6. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1825
1837
1833
1868
7. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1810
1871
1874
1805
8. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1875
1831
1834
1813
9. Russo-Persian War.
1804
1820
1804-1813
1893
10. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1865
1876
1858
1826
11. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1861
1803
1826
1825
12. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1849
1829
1886
1890
13. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1888
1810
1833
1881
14. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1852
1863
1809
15. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1820
1872
1856
March 18 - 1871
16. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1873
1813
1848
1806
17. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1844
1863
1840
1854
18. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1898
1844
1857
1801
19. July Revolution in France.
1846
1837
1888
1830
20. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1873
1872
1866
21. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1886
1891
1879
1891
22. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1816
1895
1801
23. 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.
1839
1864
1898
1836
24. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1894
1848
1886
1839
25. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1807
1817
1801
1884
26. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1882
1818
1885
1836
27. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1869
1885
1855
1876
28. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1845
1840
1889
1850
29. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1810
1812
1832
1818
30. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1830
1803
1868
1821
31. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1817
1895
1871
1866
32. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
March 18 - 1871
1865-April 9 - 1865
1804
1868
33. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1819
1899
1896
1855
34. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1862
1808
1801
35. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1804
1880
1801
1817
36. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1801
1892
1804
1856
37. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1874
1881
1805
38. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1854
1810
1861
1806-1812
39. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1894
1881
1866
40. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1845
1814
1844
1801
41. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1869
1801
1844
42. The Communist Manifesto published.
1844
1848
1895
1898
43. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1802
1877
1801
1894
44. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1830
1895
1891
1845
45. Chilean Civil War.
1841
1851
1891
1834
46. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1845
1821
1872
1895
47. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1837
1876
1834
1871
48. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1885
1896
1892
1848
49. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1849
1887
1845
1807
50. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1861
1895
1889