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19th Century Timeline
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1. Russo-Persian War.
1871
1816
1804-1813
1803
2. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1820
1893
1881
1834
3. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1847
1876
1839
1830
4. Discovery of Antarctica
1834
1831
1876
1820
5. The cardboard box is invented.
1863
1874
1890
1862
6. The Decembrist revolt
1837
1866
1825
1814
7. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1849
1806
1869
1853
8. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1895
1813
1821
1801
9. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1873
1834
1894
1898
10. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1848
1868
1877
1885
11. Aspirin patented.
1889
1871
1895
1873
12. 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.
1808
1863
1805
1825
13. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1877
1883
1821
1843
14. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1892
1801
1804
1898
15. World population reaches 1 billion.
1846
1815
1897
1804
16. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1897
1881
1851
17. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1814
1879
1889
1875
18. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1809
1820
1896
19. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1870s-1890s
1872
1822
1857
20. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1898
1881
1894
1861
21. The Pony Express started.
1897
1890
1860
1841
22. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1868
1816
1848
1896
23. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1888
1833
1814
1844
24. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1810
1876
1825
1850
25. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1833
1808
1861
1854
26. TheFirst Boer War.
1840
1805
1847
1880
27. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1896
1801
1805
1880
28. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1810s
1883
1856
1851
29. Th
1845
1822
1819
1829
30. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1830
1846
1837
1865
31. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1821
1873
1887
32. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1830
1819
1896
1846
33. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1821
1894
1874
1816
34. First electric motor built.
1829
1876
1840
1842
35. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1801
1842
1813
1881
36. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1886
1881
1849
1803
37. Dreyfuss Affair
1866
1894
1895
1845
38. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1890
1831
1846
1866
39. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1844
1895
1897
1813
40. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1822
1866
1808
1884
41. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1849
1863
1801
1848
42. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1896
1836
1868
1890
43. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1863
1877
1803
44. Wilhelm R
1871
1820
1895
1801
45. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1806-1812
1859
1808
1851
46. Basketball is invented.
1892
1890
1840
1889
47. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1848
1885
1881
1896
48. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1884
1821
1850
1878
49. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1895
1878
1831
1829
50. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1879
1836
1839
1848
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