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19th Century Timeline
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1. July Revolution in France.
1877
1830
1847
1860
2. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1845
1830
1801
1817
3. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1829
1855
1831
1841
4. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1806-1812
1869
1874
1834
5. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1825
1894
1834
1899
6. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1830
1820
1865
1884
7. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1864
1884
1884
1894
8. Wilhelm R
1881
1831
1876
1895
9. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1876
1883
1862
1885
10. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1803
1808
1862
1851
11. 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.
1810s
1898
1805
1876
12. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1830
1820
1863
13. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1877
1856
1865-April 9 - 1865
1830
14. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1801
1869
1888
1806
15. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1871
1849
1804
1881
16. Suez Canal is constructed.
1842
1856
1859
1828
17. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1821
1895
1801
1835
18. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1863
1890
1893
1898
19. The Pony Express ended.
1879
1803
1862
1834
20. Peterloo massacre in England.
1871
1819
1885
1853
21. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1821
1894
1819
1845
22. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1892
1817
1807
23. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1862
1882
1885
1898
24. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1830
1877
1886
1836
25. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1866
1826
1863
26. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1854
1806
1821
1837
27. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1825
1873
1848
1890
28. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1828
1848
1828
1873
29. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1804
1854
1810
1876
30. The Decembrist revolt
1865-April 9 - 1865
1825
1886
1821
31. First isolation of aluminum.
1806
1845
1804
1825
32. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1888
1853
1814
1864
33. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1881
1866
1837
34. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1805
1805
1810
1806
35. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1868
1896
1844
1879
36. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1879
1828
1830
1829
37. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1846
1895
1875
1876
38. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1820
1833
1816
1886
39. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1888
1886
1812
1831
40. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1821
1851
1896
1873
41. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1868
1881
1863
1804
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.
1815
1804
1892
1889
43. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1830
1829
1853
44. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1828
1884
1886
1801
45. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1821
1804
1863
1831
46. Volleyball is invented
1877
1895
1832
1877
47. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1876
1877
1890
1804
48. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1804
1842
1871
1839
49. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1869
1837
1858
1821
50. The Pony Express started.
1862
1801
1886
1860
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