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19th Century Timeline
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1. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1874
1804
1815
2. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1898
1847
1806
1889
3. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1890
1843
1877
1864
4. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1803
1870s-1890s
1817
1804
5. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1870s-1890s
1863
1895
1831
6. Discovery of Antarctica
1897
1836
1854
1820
7. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1830
1871
1801
1871
8. Missouri Compromise
1895
1820
1886
1867
9. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1804
1801
1864
1863
10. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1843
1805
1865-April 9 - 1865
1803
11. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1893
1832
1899
1857
12. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1871
1830
1804
1881
13. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1801
1849
1842
1896
14. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1847
1834
1858
15. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1876
1889
1831
1848
16. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1884
1813
1895
1823
17. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1898
1885
1878
1818
18. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1808
1887
1868
1801
19. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1836
1874
1844
1868
20. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1817
1858
1813
1888
21. First section of the London Underground opens.
1810
1879
1863
1866
22. TheFirst Boer War.
1871
1880
1878
1816
23. France annexes Cambodia.
1877
1883
1879
1863
24. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1890
1866
1895
1802
25. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1848
1815
1865
1803
26. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1857
1823
1820
1825
27. California Gold Rush
1810
1808
1848
1830
28. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1837
1849
1862
1871
29. Th
1845
1893
1837
1819
30. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1810
1842
1863
1853
31. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1871
1840
1879
32. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1867
1835
1876
1831
33. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1801
1851
1881
1861
34. Aspirin patented.
1889
1847
1814
1896
35. Independence of Luxembourg.
1820
1890
1898
1895
36. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1889
1851
1880
1886
37. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1833
1853
1847
1886
38. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1856
1825
1892
1890
39. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1810
1821
1863
40. World population reaches 1 billion.
1878
1856
1804
1842
41. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
March 18 - 1871
1844
1881
1888
42. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1804
1889
1832
1815
43. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1824
1884
1881
1804
44. Persian Prophet the B
1877
1873
1844
1849
45. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1801
1844
1821
1801
46. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1814
1886
1820
1850
47. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1893
1825
1893
1839
48. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1831
1801
1820
1879
49. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1898
1813
1806
1896
50. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1876
1864
1892
1814
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