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19th Century Timeline
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1. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1837
1820
1803
1820
2. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1898
1886
1804-1813
1885
3. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1872
1863
1857
4. First Anglo-Sikh War
1895
1845
1831
1875
5. Th
1843
1839
1819
1892
6. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1831
1868
1886
1892
7. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1887
1895
1885
1896
8. Bah
1812
1839
1823
1863
9. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1899
1830
1893
1813
10. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1898
1831
1818
1822
11. The German Customs Union is formed.
1838
1865-April 14 - 1865
1834
1870s-1890s
12. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1851
1873
1850
1812
13. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1808
1879
1817
14. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1843
1876
1813
1830
15. The cardboard box is invented.
1899
1890
1804
1877
16. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1812
1876
1894
17. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1876
1835
1866
1852
18. Missouri Compromise
1820
1851
1810
1843
19. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1817
1825
1836
1829
20. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1865
1826
1801
1874
21. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1867
1838
1801
1856
22. Famine in Finland.
1866
1804
1850
1831
23. Volleyball is invented
1809
1895
1837
1819
24. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1804
1804
1801
1870
25. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1862
1854
1858
1837
26. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1878
1894
1896
1895
27. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1893
1848
1894
1845
28. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1822
1832
1884
1801
29. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1867
1873
1837
1886
30. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1802
1844
1854
1804
31. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1895
1898
1878
1842
32. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1880
1839
1898
1825
33. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1801
1810
1890
34. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1872
1831
1845
1884
35. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1888
1850
1815
1805
36. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1810
1816
1806
1812
37. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1825
1821
1820
1868
38. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1868
1890
1804
1895
39. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1834
1898
1803
1894
40. Greco-Turkish War.
1897
1857
1865-April 9 - 1865
1816
41. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1890
1869
1804
1831
42. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1839
1821
1854
1863
43. World population reaches 1 billion.
1876
1885
1885
1804
44. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1859
1874
1897
1893
45. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1848
1801
1893
1844
46. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1865
1866
1822
47. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1801
1889
1863
1834
48. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1899
1890
1818
1810
49. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1882
1821
1892
1806
50. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1852
1814
1851
1861