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19th Century Timeline
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1. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1843
1855
1873
1860
2. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1855
1851
1806-1812
3. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1889
1894
1871
1821
4. 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
1897
1887
1855
1815
5. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1825
1881
1826
1871
6. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1850
1801
1829
1841
7. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1830
1833
1879
1804
8. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1833
1801
1842
1843
9. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1805
1866
1813
1898
10. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1863
1847
1877
1893
11. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1801
1894
1837
1893
12. First Republic in Spain.
1889
1874
1848
1888
13. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1812
1844
1865
14. Canadian Confederation formed.
1875
1894
1862
1867
15. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1848
1893
1865-April 9 - 1865
16. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1890
1866
1853
1852
17. Discovery of Antarctica
1871
1891
1820
1876
18. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1890
1894
1898
1801
19. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1836
1820
1875
1885
20. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1834
1864
1844
1829
21. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1871
1881
1849
1895
22. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1831
1812
1889
23. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1821
1804
1824
1805
24. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1887
1814
1876
1832
25. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1898
1804
1869
1861
26. First isolation of aluminum.
1823
1889
1825
1889
27. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1820
1803
1810
1829
28. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1854
1821
1870
1870s-1890s
29. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1804
1864
1803
1838
30. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1884
1883
1840
1896
31. The Soci
1842
1844
1874
1846
32. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1804
1893
1808
33. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1868
1851
1890
34. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1881
1807
1844
1871
35. Aspirin patented.
1806
1869
1889
1820
36. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1888
1897
1885
1802
37. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1871
1829
1886
1875
38. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1887
1840
1873
1861
39. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1892
1836
1896
1839
40. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1801
1895
1889
1889
41. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1871
1836
1845
1806-1812
42. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1892
1826
1814
1847
43. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1822
1876
1858
1820
44. Famine in Finland.
1848
1820
1866
1854
45. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1831
1896
1876
1810
46. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1895
1889
1856
1816
47. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1850
1851
1804
1879
48. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1814
1867
1831
1810
49. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1856
1830
1875
1868
50. The New Zealand Land Wars
1836
1857
1839
1845