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19th Century Timeline
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1. California Gold Rush
1848
1822
1886
1837
2. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1839
1821
1819
1867
3. 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.
1804
1836
1874
1807
4. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1813
1852
1862
1806
5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1825
1830
1824
1863
6. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1871
1842
1819
1843
7. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1834
1878
1848
8. The Pony Express started.
1804
1854
1860
1865
9. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1833
1893
1895
1888
10. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1836
1860
1865-April 9 - 1865
1889
11. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1887
1814
1876
1870s-1890s
12. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1830
1821
1848
1820
13. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1898
1874
1875
1850
14. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1890
1801
1878
1859
15. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1893
1843
1853
1804
16. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1883
1881
1879
1819
17. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1898
1889
1861
1810s
18. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1814
1821
1845
1802
19. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1814
1857
1881
1820
20. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1894
1846
1863
1812
21. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1804
1872
1838
1869
22. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1841
1876
1806
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.
1805
1849
1836
1825
24. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1817
1848
1820
1887
25. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1846
1801
1851
1825
26. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1866
1889
1862
1869
27. The Bront
1886
1847
1816
1862
28. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1842
1869
1887
1878
29. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1896
1823
1883
1859
30. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1806-1812
1801
1881
31. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1885
1895
1877
1881
32. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1889
1891
1869
1870s-1890s
33. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1884
1881
1868
1863
34. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1867
1810s
1896
1861
35. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1865
1830
1803
1837
36. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1877
1895
1801
1884
37. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1895
1818
1890
1819
38. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1804
1814
1853
1896
39. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1801
1829
1869
1899
40. Independence of Bolivia.
1890
1825
1813
1830
41. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1894
1808
1860
1825
42. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1817
1892
1839
43. Greco-Turkish War.
1847
1819
1835
1897
44. Th
1848
1889
1819
1880
45. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1898
1829
1856
1881
46. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1835
1889
1845
1878
47. California Gold Rush
1837
1803
1848
1890
48. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1890
1841
1892
1869
49. The Caste War of Yucat
1854
1827
1879
1847
50. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1888
1830
1861