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19th Century Timeline
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1. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1824
1825
1801
1874
2. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1890
1854
1808
1815
3. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1889
1850
1880
1851
4. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1825
1861
1876
1874
5. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1864
1867
1804
1882
6. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1895
1804
1865
1816
7. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1881
1892
1866
1888
8. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1892
1810
1837
1803
9. The Pony Express ended.
1819
1879
1862
1896
10. World population reaches 1 billion.
1830
1846
1809
1804
11. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1866
1882
1809
1848
12. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1808
1865
1801
1874
13. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1898
1812
1866
1885
14. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1862
1820
1813
1801
15. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1832
1820
1804
16. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1896
1846
1884
1834
17. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1876
1830
1881
1863
18. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1805
1871
1890
1866
19. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1895
1805
1825
1820
20. Dreyfuss Affair
1833
1894
1805
1805
21. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1853
1893
1830
1818
22. Egyptian
1884
1880
1831
1862
23. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1825
1895
1878
24. Canadian Confederation formed.
1895
1867
1830
1872
25. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1883
1892
1831
1820
26. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1854
1871
1801
1860
27. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1879
1896
1834
1864
28. Persian Prophet the B
1831
1897
1844
1807
29. The cardboard box is invented.
1883
1890
1842
1872
30. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1853
1835
1866
1899
31. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1831
1861
1804
1839
32. Peterloo massacre in England.
1803
1823
1819
1872
33. Navarino Massacre
1848
1817
1821
1893
34. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1881
1840
1898
1816
35. California Gold Rush
1852
1827
1848
1831
36. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1829
1860
1898
1887
37. July Revolution in France.
1851
1883
1851
1830
38. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1854
1877
1867
1879
39. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1816
1895
1885
1821
40. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1851
1864
1886
41. Wilhelm R
1830
1884
1836
1895
42. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1879
1897
1859
1886
43. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1843
1814
1836
1829
44. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1804
1830
1886
1856
45. Suez Canal is constructed.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1881
1859
1805
46. Greco-Turkish War.
1817
1830
1897
1847
47. Dreyfuss Affair
1810
1849
1894
1889
48. 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.
1895
1836
1865-April 9 - 1865
1872
49. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1806
1809
1844
1889
50. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1825
1834
1810s
1863