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19th Century Timeline
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1. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1819
1868
1884
1801
2. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1868
1833
1854
1803
3. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1896
1881
1849
1868
4. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1863
1820
1883
1868
5. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1867
1884
1862
1804
6. Canadian Confederation formed.
1844
1867
1838
1804
7. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1884
1896
1837
1850
8. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1884
1894
1825
1863
9. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1893
1895
1821
1869
10. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1890
1813
1820
1868
11. Independence of Argentina
1816
1820
1871
1818
12. 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.
1845
1865-April 9 - 1865
1829
1843
13. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1825
1872
1899
1873
14. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1896
1874
1869
1814
15. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1816
1815
1872
1823
16. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1869
1879
1839
1884
17. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1801
1817
1818
1867
18. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1894
1877
1899
1896
19. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1848
1881
1825
1865-April 9 - 1865
20. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1883
1893
1864
1820
21. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1803
1895
1801
1844
22. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1889
1884
1801
1869
23. 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
1869
1881
1876
24. Bah
1834
1801
1863
1881
25. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1820
1829
1810
26. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1801
1814
1895
1859
27. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1854
1851
1831
28. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1882
1849
1822
1857
29. TheFirst Boer War.
1839
1880
1812
1876
30. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1825
1898
1862
31. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1830
1843
1822
1835
32. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1895
1874
1884
1890
33. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1859
1804
1881
1840
34. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1844
1873
1873
35. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1812
1808
1846
1841
36. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1871
1886
1816
37. Th
1872
1861
1813
1819
38. First gramophone record
1821
1854
1877
1894
39. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1881
1895
1896
1804
40. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1804
1899
1875
1863
41. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1801
1890
1816
1843
42. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1869
1812
1860
43. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1821
1834
1801
1860
44. Volleyball is invented
1849
1895
1839
1888
45. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1888
1848
1867
46. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1875
1898
1854
1851
47. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1804
1821
1877
1885
48. 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.
1862
1866
1879
1884
49. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1839
1898
1838
1895
50. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1831
1876
1843
1844