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19th Century Timeline
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1. Egyptian
1839
1884
1863
1831
2. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1881
1888
1892
1884
3. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1895
1829
1847
1808
4. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1814
1804
1846
1873
5. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1854
1897
1845
1890
6. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1810
1860
1840
1868
7. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1859
1844
1824
1815
8. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1831
1873
1823
1881
9. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1856
1805
1899
1801
10. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
March 18 - 1871
1821
1839
1877
11. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1804-1813
1854
1873
1818
12. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1831
1871
1846
1839
13. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1874
1803
1818
1869
14. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1868
1833
1897
1884
15. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1893
1894
1871
March 18 - 1871
16. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1837
1889
1864
17. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1822
1885
1852
1859
18. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1895
1895
1885
1836
19. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1845
1890
1818
1896
20. World population reaches 1 billion.
1825
1877
1845
1804
21. The Communist Manifesto published.
1848
1876
1830
1850
22. The German Customs Union is formed.
1817
1834
1869
1848
23. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1804
1819
1897
1890
24. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1870
1889
1837
25. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1831
1864
1897
1869
26. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1831
1896
1868
1808
27. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1856
1817
1887
1844
28. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1842
1828
1827
1869
29. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1831
1844
1814
1843
30. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1801
1803
1859
1850
31. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1848
1831
1815
1866
32. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1820
1845
1892
1879
33. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1840
1883
1804
1864
34. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1816
1817
1853
35. First isolation of aluminum.
1888
1872
1881
1825
36. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1867
1865
1812
37. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1884
1826
1830
1868
38. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1894
1865
1896
1872
39. Siege of Khartoum
1825
1819
1884
1832
40. Mormon migration to Utah.
1822
1899
1894
1846
41. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1898
1886
1855
1881
42. The Decembrist revolt
1875
1805
1825
1842
43. First gramophone record
1833
1887
1804
1894
44. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1866
1884
1825
1830
45. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1820
1859
1829
1892
46. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1865
1845
1889
47. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1884
1817
1881
1851
48. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1803
1806
1852
1810s
49. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1860
1890
1834
1844
50. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1862
1801
1844
1845
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