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19th Century Timeline
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1. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1836
1841
1852
2. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1881
1867
1835
1826
3. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1874
1833
1877
1831
4. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1876
1829
1866
1821
5. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1856
1887
1857
1806
6. Aspirin patented.
1889
1883
1818
1865-April 9 - 1865
7. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1850
1868
1872
1830
8. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1849
1807
1858
1873
9. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1816
1881
1802
10. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1870
1873
1899
1893
11. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1834
1804
1845
1803
12. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1897
1856
1879
1816
13. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1897
1820
1879
1876
14. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1835
1838
1884
1883
15. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1861
1847
1840
1896
16. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1845
1826
1896
1866
17. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1809
1886
1845
1831
18. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1860
1850
1856
1839
19. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1834
1874
1816
1897
20. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1826
1853
1854
March 18 - 1871
21. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1803
1818
1841
1888
22. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1851
1889
1802
1846
23. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1820
1898
1861
1890
24. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1801
1854
1853
1889
25. Independence of Chile
1818
1837
1887
1801
26. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1869
1884
1848
1823
27. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1801
1881
1896
1834
28. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1820
1886
1895
1894
29. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1889
1881
1808
1830
30. Wilhelm R
1816
1895
1822
1822
31. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1879
1885
1856
32. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1863
1882
1851
33. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1809
1848
1823
1803
34. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1873
1890
1867
1825
35. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1844
1848
1828
1855
36. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1883
1865-April 14 - 1865
1864
1836
37. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1801
1894
1884
1896
38. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1804-1813
1882
1896
39. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1823
1819
1803
40. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812
1862
1810
1831
41. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1844
1876
1837
1862
42. First isolation of aluminum.
1846
1844
1825
1885
43. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1840
1898
1855
1845
44. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1895
1887
1826
1820
45. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1863
1851
1806
1831
46. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1821
1841
1801
1870s-1890s
47. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1880
1894
1830
1866
48. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1804
1852
1868
1830
49. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1897
1876
1853
1833
50. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1808
1801
1864
1888