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19th Century Timeline
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1. Peterloo massacre in England.
March 18 - 1871
1865
1819
1848
2. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1856
1894
1863
1838
3. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1881
1824
1876
1817
4. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1846
1884
1883
1810
5. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1801
1875
1877
1821
6. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1848
1895
1896
1853
7. Mormon migration to Utah.
1854
1879
1846
1839
8. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1812
1854
1808
1886
9. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1868
1849
1836
1877
10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1896
1808
1860
11. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1890
1894
1821
1818
12. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1838
1846
1868
1890
13. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1876
1849
1820
1817
14. The Pony Express ended.
1867
1814
1862
1844
15. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1862
1886
1890
1830
16. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1890
1858
1843
1876
17. Bah
1823
1893
1863
1838
18. First Anglo-Sikh War
1866
1826
1845
1836
19. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1889
1836
1894
1889
20. Cairo falls to the British.
1801
1868
1890
1816
21. France annexes Cambodia.
1849
1886
1820
1863
22. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1881
1802
1801
1893
23. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1821
1814
1899
1889
24. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1823
1829
1862
1849
25. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1854
1869
1817
1804
26. 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
1808
1831
1803
1815
27. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1871
1893
1899
1829
28. Volleyball is invented
1866
1806
1895
1862
29. Greco-Turkish War.
1826
1894
1897
1896
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.
1805
1839
1888
1892
31. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1898
1837
1895
1896
32. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1864
1834
1877
1839
33. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1801
1810s
1866
1888
34. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1803
1838
1846
1895
35. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1814
1896
1899
1858
36. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1856
1805
1844
1839
37. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1821
1810s
1876
1822
38. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1836
1864
1885
1869
39. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1829
1801
1807
1866
40. Russo-Persian War.
1881
1804-1813
1833
1892
41. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1840
1864
1868
1870s-1890s
42. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1840
1881
1869
1877
43. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1802
1877
1885
1808
44. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1879
1892
1818
45. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1808
1810
1892
1835
46. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1820
1873
1820
47. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1802
1831
1801
1805
48. Missouri Compromise
1820
1865
1837
1830
49. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1817
1884
1881
1820
50. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1846
1892
1894
1886