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19th Century Timeline
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1. Independence of Argentina
1816
1871
1897
1848
2. World population reaches 1 billion.
1823
1886
1801
1804
3. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1895
1853
1890
1883
4. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1830
1805
1819
1890
5. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1877
1839
1862
1862
6. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1876
1821
1831
7. Suez Canal is constructed.
1896
March 18 - 1871
1859
1889
8. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1886
1832
1821
1866
9. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1851
1869
1893
1886
10. Bah
1844
1881
1884
1863
11. The New Zealand Land Wars
1848
1847
1825
1845
12. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1885
1867
1831
1877
13. TheFirst Boer War.
1888
1856
1875
1880
14. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1886
1801
1865
1805
15. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1812
1816
1866
16. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1803
1858
1827
17. Missouri Compromise
1820
1823
1881
1831
18. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1873
1867
1830
1854
19. The Pony Express ended.
1808
1832
1862
1875
20. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1837
1854
1885
21. 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.
1879
1888
1816
1870
22. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1897
1812
1857
1844
23. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1838
1810s
1865
1865
24. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1867
1804
1877
1898
25. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1881
1844
1850
1888
26. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1895
1814
1850
1869
27. Independence of Luxembourg.
1886
1890
1805
1896
28. The Soci
1884
1874
1864
1831
29. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1874
1861
1877
1888
30. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1804
1860
March 18 - 1871
1815
31. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1816
1834
1896
1815
32. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851
1801
1843
1823
33. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1801
1885
1897
1804
34. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1853
1805
1813
1875
35. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1884
1876
1849
1879
36. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1822
1816
1837
1899
37. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1898
1876
1896
1844
38. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1804
1804
1856
39. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1883
1864
1839
40. Volleyball is invented
1843
1877
1895
1885
41. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1864
1889
1863
1839
42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1825
1867
1834
1852
43. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1801
1893
1866
1868
44. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1804
1845
1851
1864
45. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1826
1863
1832
1876
46. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1875
1816
1894
1823
47. Famine in Finland.
1804
1894
1836
1866
48. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1896
1860
1879
1834
49. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1820
1830
1888
1877
50. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1854
1820
1879
1870