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19th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1830
1885
1877
1809
2. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1845
1803
1853
1821
3. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1881
1883
1833
1813
4. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1801
1886
1875
March 18 - 1871
5. Aspirin patented.
1886
1822
1889
1885
6. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1871
1881
1898
1847
7. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1878
1886
1877
8. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1890
1823
1812
1884
9. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1816
1881
1861
1883
10. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1815
1820
1844
1849
11. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1804
1886
1801
1879
12. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1804
1854
1812
1897
13. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1814
1862
1817
1851
14. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1869
1846
1853
1833
15. Wilhelm R
1895
1804
1873
1846
16. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1865
1869
1864
1883
17. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1819
1837
1888
1897
18. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1804
1820
1820
19. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1810
1842
1830
1874
20. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1874
1834
1813
1892
21. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1868
1821
1810
1886
22. First electric motor built.
1836
1874
1825
1829
23. 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.
1810
1836
1876
1834
24. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1874
1854
1843
25. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1856
1896
1801
1877
26. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1813
1810
1877
1879
27. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1896
1803
1845
1804
28. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1830
1867
1851
1871
29. 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.
1879
1825
1870
1837
30. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1841
1860
1861
31. Chilean Civil War.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1876
1876
1891
32. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1836
1859
1889
1801
33. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1851
1887
1874
1831
34. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1825
1848
1857
1896
35. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1825
1896
1820
1856
36. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1807
1831
1844
1861
37. Missouri Compromise
1860
1820
1875
1851
38. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1831
1808
1819
1807
39. Independence of Luxembourg.
1851
1890
1818
1849
40. The New Zealand Land Wars
1889
1845
1895
1831
41. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1857
1855
1844
1827
42. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1825
1806-1812
1807
1801
43. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1862
1823
1876
1872
44. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1884
1834
1834
1885
45. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1887
1868
1863
1876
46. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1849
1871
1889
1834
47. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1873
1877
1865
1814
48. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1884
1831
1801
1893
49. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1814
1871
1818
1877
50. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1803
1879
1849
1842