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19th Century Timeline
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1. July Revolution in France.
1839
1830
1821
1860
2. Th
1801
1874
1871
1819
3. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1873
1866
1854
1883
4. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1813
1813
1836
1896
5. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1888
1882
1876
1863
6. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1810
1844
1825
1898
7. Independence of Luxembourg.
1834
1894
1870
1890
8. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1890
1806
1891
1881
9. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1866
1817
1894
1885
10. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1878
1806
1810s
1876
11. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1848
1801
1856
1854
12. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1803
1803
1818
1801
13. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1825
1856
1812
1875
14. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1863
1808
1884
1831
15. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1879
1899
1817
1875
16. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1853
1838
1820
1814
17. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1868
1875
1862
1835
18. Chilean Civil War.
1830
1840
1895
1891
19. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1897
1879
1885
1876
20. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1886
1890
1820
1831
21. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1806
1816
1867
22. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1833
1852
1844
1823
23. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1881
1888
1867
1820
24. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1898
1806
1886
1854
25. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1896
1867
1873
1839
26. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1873
1806
1836
1876
27. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1852
1886
1877
1876
28. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1867
1889
1864
1849
29. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1840
1801
1844
1896
30. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1838
1892
1804
1808
31. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1867
1881
1879
32. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1831
1805
1874
1837
33. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1887
1847
1879
34. Wilhelm R
1896
1895
1851
1820
35. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1801
1830
1850
1881
36. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1890
1813
1884
1875
37. Morphine first isolated.
1841
1830
1871
1804
38. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1803
1894
1813
1821
39. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1876
1801
1892
1881
40. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1863
1894
1837
1801
41. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1888
1831
1861
1894
42. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1863
1813
1897
1893
43. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1865
1896
1801
1851
44. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1844
1816
1852
1884
45. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1869
1896
1850
1863
46. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1859
1820
1862
1851
47. First Republic in Spain.
1831
1881
1874
1848
48. 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.
1830
1869
1851
1865-April 9 - 1865
49. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1865
1820
1816
1889
50. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1846
1865
1826
1810