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19th Century Timeline
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1. Egyptian
1831
1801
1816
1894
2. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1898
1855
1883
1890
3. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1801
1867
1851
1877
4. 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.
1847
1803
1836
1819
5. World population reaches 1 billion.
1876
1804
1887
1884
6. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1884
1890
1804
1886
7. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1865
1820
1805
1861
8. Independence of Luxembourg.
1820
1823
1890
1884
9. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1801
1898
1812
1801
10. Indian famine begins.
1895
1899
1894
1896
11. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1831
1865-April 9 - 1865
1828
12. Independence of Bolivia.
1825
1868
1885
1892
13. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1883
1817
1842
1869
14. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1860
1804
1861
15. 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.
1837
1870
1865
1814
16. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1879
1879
1848
1843
17. 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.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1866
1873
1879
18. California Gold Rush
1845
1804
1870
1848
19. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1815
1879
1868
1863
20. Suez Canal is constructed.
1814
1859
1820
1830
21. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1845
1881
1896
1816
22. The Caste War of Yucat
1847
1889
1825
1888
23. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1820
1843
1897
1888
24. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1808
1866
1897
1884
25. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1857
1865
1880
1816
26. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1883
1822
1844
27. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1862
1892
1804
28. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1854
1810s
1867
1829
29. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1846
1898
1895
1851
30. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1876
1886
1825
1895
31. Canadian Confederation formed.
1870s-1890s
1872
1867
1897
32. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1877
1820
1845
1897
33. Peterloo massacre in England.
1872
1822
1873
1819
34. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1817
1898
1801
1803
35. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1822
1890
1848
1844
36. Missouri Compromise
1806
1890
1820
1818
37. First section of the London Underground opens.
1886
1801
1892
1863
38. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1848
1863
1870
1849
39. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1896
1870
1897
1883
40. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1898
1803
1896
1844
41. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1801
1855
1817
1871
42. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1860
1896
1898
43. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1897
1825
1834
1830
44. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1869
1893
1871
1834
45. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1889
1878
1847
1862
46. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1810
1883
1889
47. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1829
1801
1804
1856
48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1813
1837
1818
49. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1829
1868
1866
1809
50. Discovery of Antarctica
1876
1865
1846
1820