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19th Century Timeline
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1. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1814
1855
1814
1820
2. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1839
1877
1884
1879
3. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1870
1895
1803
1871
4. Wilhelm R
1801
1895
1877
1804
5. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1810
1881
1883
1841
6. 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
1868
1804
1885
1880
7. The Bront
1847
1839
1863
1856
8. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1881
1830
1833
1820
9. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1893
1895
1810
1884
10. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1868
1854
1820
1834
11. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1898
1836
1839
12. Dreyfuss Affair
1894
1826
1884
1845
13. The Trumpet gets valves.
1837
1890
1810
1817
14. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1803
1884
1897
1866
15. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1831
1826
1876
16. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1893
1879
1895
1805
17. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1896
1892
1898
1825
18. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1821
1859
1894
1837
19. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1856
1888
1849
1885
20. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1854
1808
1890
21. 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.
1818
1801
1836
1875
22. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1885
1879
1847
1801
23. California Gold Rush
1881
1884
1893
1848
24. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1875
1879
1804
1874
25. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1828
1825
1831
1844
26. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1804
1879
1845
1898
27. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1866
1801
1825
1806
28. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1879
1873
1839
1808
29. 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.
1808
1853
1839
1866
30. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1881
1836
1892
1840
31. First Anglo-Sikh War
1891
1897
1845
1868
32. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1829
1869
1889
1816
33. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1825
1868
1892
1804
34. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1830
1876
1817
1853
35. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1884
1879
1863
36. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1803
1884
1874
1814
37. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1863
1842
1884
1843
38. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1816
1847
1865-April 9 - 1865
1856
39. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1850
1898
1895
1804
40. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1889
1819
1862
1868
41. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1829
1819
1883
1877
42. First isolation of aluminum.
1825
1864
1898
1866
43. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1877
1850
1887
44. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1818
1877
1846
1801
45. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1863
1866
1888
46. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1867
1881
1801
1825
47. First Republic in Spain.
1876
1874
March 18 - 1871
1804-1813
48. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1808
1878
1834
1828
49. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1833
1844
1881
1834
50. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1830
1863
1888
1844