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19th Century Timeline
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1. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1839
1889
1839
1868
2. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1881
1876
1821
1820
3. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1862
1898
1851
1873
4. First section of the London Underground opens.
1877
1863
1825
1810
5. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1823
1870
1875
1888
6. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1894
1812
1828
1895
7. The Pony Express ended.
1801
1862
1871
1841
8. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1892
1841
1871
1814
9. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1866
1805
1856
10. First Republic in Spain.
1871
1874
1894
1893
11. Independence of Bolivia.
1830
1825
1879
1814
12. TheFirst Boer War.
1864
1817
1880
1852
13. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1868
1885
1889
1887
14. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1886
1867
1885
1843
15. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1834
1803
1830
1881
16. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1866
1812
1843
1820
17. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1801
1888
1815
1898
18. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1854
1846
1884
1898
19. First isolation of aluminum.
1863
1885
1825
1874
20. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1876
1854
1825
1860
21. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1836
1866
1870
22. Famine in Finland.
1866
1889
1803
March 18 - 1871
23. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1832
1873
1874
1889
24. 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.
1862
1810s
1866
1815
25. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1828
1845
1801
1827
26. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1815
1802
1869
1885
27. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1813
1881
1853
1898
28. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1872
1834
1874
1877
29. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1829
1842
1805
1808
30. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1892
1818
1871
1898
31. Egyptian
1823
1831
1879
1839
32. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1859
1876
1873
1862
33. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1858
1883
1845
1864
34. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1877
1865
1869
1882
35. Missouri Compromise
1820
1893
1831
1884
36. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1877
1867
1822
1869
37. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1863
1876
1859
1849
38. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1895
1804
1843
1829
39. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1897
1804
1885
1886
40. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1844
1801
1873
1861
41. 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.
1836
1853
1884
1806-1812
42. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1860
1802
1839
1838
43. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1894
1889
1844
1815
44. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1845
1826
1892
1805
45. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1837
1804
1876
1805
46. Independence of Luxembourg.
1879
1867
1832
1890
47. Peterloo massacre in England.
1879
1819
1863
1890
48. Bah
1853
1863
1819
1801
49. Independence of Argentina
1865-April 14 - 1865
1876
1816
1822
50. Telegraphy patented.
1837
1897
1886
1810