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19th Century Timeline
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1. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1874
1890
1889
1823
2. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1842
1819
1899
1836
3. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1866
1801
1887
1888
4. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1845
1885
1868
1801
5. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1831
1867
1852
1839
6. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1879
1831
1824
1839
7. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1836
1879
1863
1840
8. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1866
1824
1837
1801
9. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1809
1865
1863
1897
10. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1834
1835
1831
1805
11. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1891
1888
1836
1844
12. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1866
1828
1859
1881
13. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1804
1845
1803
1812
14. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1861
1885
1876
1865-April 9 - 1865
15. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1845
1833
1805
1873
16. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1865-April 9 - 1865
1895
1804
1877
17. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1806-1812
1834
1866
1804
18. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1804
1830
1854
1866
19. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1801
1856
1874
1801
20. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1814
1847
1801
1853
21. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1809
1899
1815
1884
22. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1894
1869
1816
1833
23. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1866
1875
1898
1895
24. July Revolution in France.
1830
1802
1822
1851
25. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1870s-1890s
1876
1863
1817
26. First section of the London Underground opens.
1874
1810
1863
1874
27. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1802
1883
1841
1886
28. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1819
1844
1832
1830
29. Navarino Massacre
1872
1826
1821
1805
30. 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.
1810
1876
1805
1859
31. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1854
1877
1831
1887
32. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1839
1896
1871
1804
33. 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.
1896
1882
1870
1840
34. Siege of Khartoum
1829
1884
1861
1819
35. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1856
1839
1880
1820
36. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1831
1809
1855
1826
37. The cardboard box is invented.
1801
1845
1890
1806
38. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1823
1890
1837
1801
39. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1898
1801
1817
1843
40. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1894
1851
1856
1860
41. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1804
1831
1876
1803
42. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1886
1889
1862
1830
43. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1829
1861
1838
1803
44. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1864
1894
1820
1806
45. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1849
1820
1846
1868
46. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1893
1822
1801
1864
47. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1830
1844
1806-1812
1868
48. Basketball is invented.
1892
1894
1834
1881
49. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1852
1808
1801
1819
50. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1830
1887
1817
1869